India, July 17 -- Incarcerated former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's party on Thursday gave a countrywide protest call on August 5 to mark the day their leader completes three years in jail.

Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said the protest movement will begin on August 5 and continue till their leader is released. Currently lodged in solitary confinement at the Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, the 73-year-old international cricketer turned politician was arrested on August 5, 2023, after an Islamabad trial court found him guilty of corrupt practices in the Toshakhana (national treasury) case. He has been subsequently arrested and convicted in some cases, leading to continued incarceration.

"August 5 will mark the completion of...