- Wednesday, May 01, 2024
FORMER Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, who has been convicted and jailed on graft charges, was barred from politics for five years on Tuesday (8), an official order said. The order by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), seen by Reuters and confirmed by a senior officer, said Khan was…
Former Member of Parliament Imran Ahmad Khan on Monday lost an appeal against his conviction for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. Khan, who was a lawmaker from the governing Conservative Party, was sentenced to 18 months in jail at London’s Southwark Crown Court in May after he was found guilty…
Jailed former Conservative parliamentarian Imran Ahmad Khan has challenged his conviction in a case over groping a 15-year-old boy at the Court of Appeal. Khan, 49, was found guilty of sexually assaulting the teenager after a party 14 years ago and given a 18-month jail sentence at Southwark Crown Court in…
Oliver Dowden, the chairman of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative party, resigned on Friday, saying it could not carry on with business as usual after two crushing by-election defeats and someone had to take responsibility."Yesterday's parliamentary by-elections are the latest in a run of very poor results for our…
Nadeem Ahmed, the Conservative candidate for Wakefield by-election, said the people of the West Yorkshire seat were “forgiving” despite the party’s previous MP being jailed for a child sex offence.The by-election for the “Red Wall” constituency is triggered by the resignation of Imran Ahmad Khan from the House of Commons…
A JUDGE jailed a disgraced MP from UK prime minister Boris Johnson's ruling Conservative party for 18 months on Monday (23) for sexually assaulting a teenage boy.The Tories expelled Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, and he resigned from his seat in parliament in the wake of his conviction after a trial…
Imran Ahmad Khan MP quit parliament on Thursday following his following his conviction for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. Khan, 47, who represents the northern English city of Wakefield, said he would resign in order to "focus entirely on clearing my name". "While legal proceedings are ongoing, I do not…
CONSERVATIVE MP Imran Ahmad Khan was on Monday (11) convicted of sexually assaulting a schoolboy in a 14-year-old case.The assault took place in January 2008 when Khan was 34 years old and prior to him becoming an MP.Southwark Crown Court heard that Khan, now 48, tried to force the 15-year-old…
A Tory MP accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy at a party has explained his distress over the allegations during the trial and added that he was "simply trying to be kind" to a "troubled" young man. Wakefield MP Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, is accused of groping the boy…
A court in the UK has heard that a British MP sexually assaulted a man at a guest house in Pakistan around 12 years ago, according to media reports. Imran Ahmad Khan, the Conservative MP for Wakefield, is on trial at Southwark Crown Court, where he denies sexually assaulting a…
AN alleged sexual assault victim has said the actions of Tory Wakefield MP Imran Ahmad Khan were “pretty clear signs of a child molester”, according to a report. He told Southwark crown court he had alerted the Conservative Party headquarters about the abuse three days before Khan’s election in 2019,…
AN MP accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008 is to go on trial in March next year, media reports said. Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan, who represents Wakefield in West Yorkshire, faces a single count of sexual assault against the teenager in Staffordshire. The 48-year-old appeared at…
IMRAN AHMAD KHAN, 48, an MP who represents Wakefield in West Yorkshire appeared in court and denied sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008. The MP faces a single count of sexual assault against the then teenager in Staffordshire, who cannot be named for legal reasons. Ahmad Khan, who has…
THE Conservative MP for Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Imran Ahmad Khan will face the court on Thursday (15) on charges of molesting a 15-year-old boy in 2008, reported The Daily Mail. He will appear by video link before the Recorder of London Judge Mark Lucraft QC for a formal plea and directions…
A British MP faces trial over accusations he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy in 2008, it was revealed on Friday after reporting restrictions on the case were partially lifted. Imran Ahmad Khan, 47, the Conservative MP for Wakefield, West Yorkshire, faces a single count of sexual assault against the individual,…
Prime minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday (14) said a new UK-wide lockdown would be a "disaster" but refused to rule it out as demands grew for a temporary shutdown to stop the spread of coronavirus. Labour leader Keir Starmer has thrown his weight behind a two-week "circuit break" to stop…
