well, imran kahn's had multi-billion _ thing. well, imran kahn's had multi-billion rupee _ thing.multi-billion rupee corruption j thing. well, imran kahn's had - multi-billion rupee corruption cases multi—billion rupee corruption cases which most were not made by imran khan himself they were actually initiated in the years before imran khan became prime minister. imran khan became prime minister. imran khan on the other hand has been disqualified and imprisoned not for non—declaration of any assets but in fact for declaring in a different format than the one that the judge was expecting, for example one year since he'd been given the total sum of the gifts. the since he'd been given the total sum of the gifte— of the gifts. the point is it is dangerous — of the gifts. the point is it is dangerous to _ of the gifts. the point is it is dangerous to be _ of the gifts. the point is it is dangerous to be in - of the gifts. the point is it is l dangerous to be in opposition of the gifts. the point is it is - dangerous to be in opposition in pakistan. ., , . . pakistan. that is correct.

minister imran khan has been arrested on corruption charges, a lower court found him guilty of making false declarations of his assets, which could disqualify him from holding office in the future. kahn'solitical party says an appeal has been filed in the supreme court. then's sophia saffi joins us with more on this. this is a major development in the case against the former prime minister because not only has imran khan been sentenced to jail, he'll be unable to run in the november national elections without a successful appeal, right? >> reporter: exactly, lynda, and this has been a long time coming. this trial has been ongoing for close to a year. in october of last year the election commission of pakistan had disqualified imran khan for not declaring that he had sold state gifts given to him for personal gain. that's an ill degal -- that's a offense in pakistan to sell state gifts and then not declare them. so he has been accused of misdecoration of assets. now, a disqualification and an arrest, again, he's got multiple court cases against him. but this is one of the major ones that had been ongoing for the past couple of months, and everybody was monitoring this pretty aggressivel