Cases span federal and provincial courts, terrorism tribunals, accountability courts, and civil proceedings — requiring Khan's legal team to litigate on many fronts at once.
PTI barred from ballot symbol
Ahead of the February 2024 election, Pakistan's Election Commission ruled PTI could not use its iconic cricket bat symbol — forcing candidates to run without unified party branding. They still won the most seats.
Cipher conviction: 10-year sentence
The Official Secrets Act conviction — relating to a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable — produced Pakistan's first criminal prosecution of a former prime minister on national security grounds.
Supreme Court: arrest was unconstitutional
The court's May 2023 ruling that Khan's arrest inside a courtroom by paramilitary forces was unconstitutional set a precedent the judiciary has returned to repeatedly in subsequent rulings.