Imran Khan and wife get 14 years jail
Published: 05:01 AM,Jan 31,2024 | EDITED : 09:01 AM,Jan 31,2024
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan with his wife Bushra Bibi
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and his wife were sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in jail, local media said, after being found guilty of graft in a case involving gifts he received while premier.
The verdict, a week before national elections, comes a day after Khan was given a prison sentence of 10 years in a case related to leaking state secrets.
It was not immediately clear if Khan's sentences were to run consecutively or concurrently following a trial held inside the jail where he has been detained for much of the time since his arrest in August.
Khan's wife, Bushra Bibi, had been on remand throughout the trial. The pair married in 2018, months before Khan was elected prime minister.
Khan was also handed a three-year prison sentence in August by another court for selling gifts worth more than 140 million rupees ($501,000) in state possession and received during his 2018-2022 premiership.
The sentence was later suspended but Khan remains behind bars in connection with other cases. He has said that he legally purchased the items.
Government officials have alleged Khan's aides sold the gifts in Dubai.
The verdict, a week before national elections, comes a day after Khan was given a prison sentence of 10 years in a case related to leaking state secrets.
It was not immediately clear if Khan's sentences were to run consecutively or concurrently following a trial held inside the jail where he has been detained for much of the time since his arrest in August.
Khan's wife, Bushra Bibi, had been on remand throughout the trial. The pair married in 2018, months before Khan was elected prime minister.
Khan was also handed a three-year prison sentence in August by another court for selling gifts worth more than 140 million rupees ($501,000) in state possession and received during his 2018-2022 premiership.
The sentence was later suspended but Khan remains behind bars in connection with other cases. He has said that he legally purchased the items.
Government officials have alleged Khan's aides sold the gifts in Dubai.