<p>Imran Khan was shifted to Attock jail in Pakistan's Punjab province amid tight security on Saturday after a trial court found the former prime minister guilty of “corrupt practices” in a corruption case and sentenced him to three years in prison.</p>.<p>Khan, 70, was arrested from his Zaman Park home in Lahore on Saturday shortly after the Islamabad trial court convicted him in the Toshakhana corruption case.<br /><br /><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/imran-khans-party-moves-high-court-terms-his-arrest-abduction-at-gunpoint-1244025.html">Imran Khan's party moves High Court, terms his arrest 'abduction at gunpoint'</a></strong></p>.<p>The case alleges that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief “deliberately concealed” details of the gifts he retained from the Toshakhana, a repository where presents handed to government officials from foreign officials are kept, during his time as the prime minister and proceeds from their reported sales.</p>.<p>Khan has been shifted to Attock Jail in the city of Attock, PTI spokesperson Zulifi Bokhari said.</p>.<p>Police said that Khan was taken to jail amid tight security. “Security has been on high alert on the route leading to jail,” they said.</p>.<p>It is the same jail where former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was kept after his arrest following the toppling of his government by former president Pervez Musharraf.</p>.<p>Attock is located on the bank of the River Indus, with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province lying on the opposite bank of the historic river. It is also the last major town of Punjab province along the Grand Trunk Road.</p>.<p>Security has been beefed up after Khan's PTI party called for peaceful protests across the country within the ambit of the law and the Constitution.</p>.<p>It also appealed to the Supreme Court to hear its review petition — filed earlier in the day against the maintainability of the Toshakhana case.</p>.<p>This is for the second time in three months that Khan has been arrested.</p>.<p>Earlier, he was arrested on May 9 in Islamabad from the high court’s premises in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case, sparking violent protests by his supporters.</p>.<p>His party workers vandalised over 20 military installations and government buildings, including the Lahore Corps Commander House, Mianwali airbase and the ISI building in Faisalabad.</p>.<p>The Army headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi was also attacked by the mob for the first time.</p>.<p>Following the protests, police arrested over 10,000 PTI supporters inducing women under terrorism charges. Some of them are being tried under the tough Army Act.</p>.<p>Khan is facing more than 140 cases across the country and faces charges like terrorism, violence, blasphemy, corruption and murder.</p>
<p>Imran Khan was shifted to Attock jail in Pakistan's Punjab province amid tight security on Saturday after a trial court found the former prime minister guilty of “corrupt practices” in a corruption case and sentenced him to three years in prison.</p>.<p>Khan, 70, was arrested from his Zaman Park home in Lahore on Saturday shortly after the Islamabad trial court convicted him in the Toshakhana corruption case.<br /><br /><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/imran-khans-party-moves-high-court-terms-his-arrest-abduction-at-gunpoint-1244025.html">Imran Khan's party moves High Court, terms his arrest 'abduction at gunpoint'</a></strong></p>.<p>The case alleges that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief “deliberately concealed” details of the gifts he retained from the Toshakhana, a repository where presents handed to government officials from foreign officials are kept, during his time as the prime minister and proceeds from their reported sales.</p>.<p>Khan has been shifted to Attock Jail in the city of Attock, PTI spokesperson Zulifi Bokhari said.</p>.<p>Police said that Khan was taken to jail amid tight security. “Security has been on high alert on the route leading to jail,” they said.</p>.<p>It is the same jail where former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was kept after his arrest following the toppling of his government by former president Pervez Musharraf.</p>.<p>Attock is located on the bank of the River Indus, with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province lying on the opposite bank of the historic river. It is also the last major town of Punjab province along the Grand Trunk Road.</p>.<p>Security has been beefed up after Khan's PTI party called for peaceful protests across the country within the ambit of the law and the Constitution.</p>.<p>It also appealed to the Supreme Court to hear its review petition — filed earlier in the day against the maintainability of the Toshakhana case.</p>.<p>This is for the second time in three months that Khan has been arrested.</p>.<p>Earlier, he was arrested on May 9 in Islamabad from the high court’s premises in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case, sparking violent protests by his supporters.</p>.<p>His party workers vandalised over 20 military installations and government buildings, including the Lahore Corps Commander House, Mianwali airbase and the ISI building in Faisalabad.</p>.<p>The Army headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi was also attacked by the mob for the first time.</p>.<p>Following the protests, police arrested over 10,000 PTI supporters inducing women under terrorism charges. Some of them are being tried under the tough Army Act.</p>.<p>Khan is facing more than 140 cases across the country and faces charges like terrorism, violence, blasphemy, corruption and murder.</p>