A Trump ally has called on Pakistan to release the former prime minister from prison, inspiring fervent hope among his supporters.

A Pakistan court has sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail respectively after finding them guilty of corruption, his lawyers and officials said. The two were accused of accepting a gift of land from a real estate tycoon in exchange for laundered money when Mr Khan was in power.

A Pakistani court has sentenced Imran Khan to 14 years in prison in a £190 million corruption case, setting up a clash with senior figures in the Trump administration who have been campaigning for his release.

A case of mpox has been found in Azerbaijan, Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, adding that the patient had been isolated and was receiving treatment in hospital.

The anti-graft court convened in the jail where Khan is being held near the capital Islamabad, and convicted the couple for graft linked to a welfare foundation they established together called the Al-Qadir Trust.

Supporters of Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan staged a protest Friday in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, calling for his release after a court sentenced him to 14 years in jail.

A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 14 and seven years in prison, respectively, after finding them guilty of corruption in the 190 million pounds al-Qadir Trust case.