A two-judge bench of the Islamabad High Court led by Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, in a brief verdict, also exonerated Khan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who was a co-accused in the case.
A trial court had sentenced the two to 10 years in jail in the case commonly known as the “cipher case.”
The case is related to diplomatic communications between Washington and Islamabad, which Khan said was part of a US conspiracy to topple his government two years ago, Anadolu Agency reported.
Khan, who came to power in 2018, lost a vote of confidence in parliament in April 2022, one year short of completing his term.
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