Imran Khan in jail on terror charges

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket legend Imran Khan was moved to Lahore's biggest prison early Thursday after being charged under anti-terror laws for protesting against emergency rule, officials said.   

Khan, who founded a small but vocal opposition party, was charged under a section of the Anti-Terrorism Act which stipulates a punishment of at least seven years and up to life in prison.   

Lahore police chief Malik Mohammad Iqbal said on Wednesday after Khan was arrested that he would be charged for inciting people to pick up arms, calling for civil disobedience and "spreading hatred."   

Khan, who led Pakistan to cricket World Cup glory in 1992, had called for President Pervez Musharraf to face the death penalty after the military ruler imposed emergency rule on November 3.   

He was put under house arrest but slipped the net and had been in hiding -- communicating via email and video -- until Wednesday, when he reappeared at a university campus in the eastern city of Lahore.   

Khan said he wanted to start a student movement but was quickly seized by a group of radical students and later handed over to police custody.

Police said he was charged late Wednesday and moved overnight to Kot Lakhpat jail, Lahore's biggest.