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The erstwhile caput of Pakistan's almighty spy bureau volition entreaty a 14-year hard labour condemnation connected charges including maltreatment of power, his lawyer said connected Friday (December 12, 2025), decrying a "sham" subject trial.
Faiz Hameed, who ran Inter-Services Intelligence during the tenure of jailed erstwhile Prime Minister Imran Khan, was detained successful 2024 pursuing claims helium raided the businesses of a existent property developer successful a shakedown attempt, according to Supreme Court documents.
The service said connected Thursday (December 11, 2025) that a subject tribunal had convicted him of respective charges including "engaging successful governmental activities" and causing "wrongful nonaccomplishment to persons", sentencing him to 14 years of "rigorous imprisonment".
The erstwhile spy chief's lawyer Ali Ashfaq told AFP that helium planned to entreaty the situation condemnation "within the adjacent fewer days".
The lawyer said helium had not yet received a transcript of the subject tribunal ruling, and that Faiz Hameed's defence squad oregon household had not been notified successful beforehand "to guarantee the beingness oregon availability of lawyers astatine the clip of the judgement".
