QUETTA, Pakistan, June 7 (Reuters) - Pakistani police on Wednesday formally named former prime minister Imran Khan in connection with the murder by unknown gunmen of a lawyer seeking sedition proceedings against him.
Khan, who has not been charged in connection with the lawyer's murder, has dismissed all the cases against him as concocted by his opponents.
Provincial government spokesman Babar Khan said Khan could face formal charges if and when the murder case goes to trial.
It was not immediately clear how the link between unknown gunmen and Khan was made.
Khan has accused the military and its intelligence agency of openly trying to destroy his party, saying he has "no doubt" he will be tried in a military court and thrown into jail.
Persons:
Imran Khan, Khan, Rauf Hasan, Babar Khan, Abdur Razaq, Razaq, Razaq's, Siraj Ahmad, Asif Shahzad, Nick Macfie
Organizations:
Wednesday, Police, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
QUETTA, Pakistan