Islamabad - Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is confronting fresh accusations, according to reports. The erstwhile cricketer-turned-politician, currently in jail, is alleged to have leaked state secrets.

A prominent security source has implicated Imran Khan, along with three others, in the leakage of sensitive national information. One of his aides, former Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, was apprehended on Saturday in connection with the case, which is presently under investigation.

According to reports, the case revolves around a classified cable dispatched to Islamabad by Pakistan's ambassador to Washington last year. Allegedly, Khan made this cable publicly available.

Imran Khan posits that the aforementioned cable forms part of a US-led conspiracy to orchestrate his removal as Prime Minister via a vote of no-confidence in the Pakistani parliament. He contends that the US exerted pressure on the Pakistani military to oust him from the PM role due to his Moscow visit prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Both Washington and the Pakistani military have refuted these assertions. A classified document, unveiled last month, disclosed that the US had approached the Pakistani military with the proposition of deposing Khan from power due to his "neutral" stance on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Pakistan was also cautioned about potential isolation from Western nations.

Imran Khan is presently serving a three-year sentence following his conviction for corruption in the Toshakhana case. Additionally, the chairman of PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) has been banned from participating in politics for a span of five years.

"Our investigation is in the process of gathering evidence to build a case for prosecuting Imran Khan on charges of disclosing official secrets," affirmed a security source directly associated with the inquiry, speaking to news agency Reuters.

Zulfi Bukhari, a close associate of Khan, countered that such allegations against the former PM are likely to be unconstitutional, especially since President Arif Alvi had not ratified the amendments nor provided his approval.

Recent reports in Pakistani media indicated that the President had granted approval for the revised amendments to the Pakistani Army Act and Official Secrets Bill. However, the President took to Twitter to disavow having given his consent.