Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan and wife to 17 years in graft case
Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi were convicted for buying undervalued state gifts, including a Rs71 million Bulgari set, and sentenced to 17 years with fines of Rs16.4 million each.
- Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to further jail terms following a fraud case involving state gifts.
- They were convicted of breaking Pakistan's rules on gifts after Bibi was given a luxury jewellery set by Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman during a 2021 state visit.
- The pair were handed 10 years for criminal breach of trust, seven years for criminal misconduct, and a fine, with the new sentences reportedly running concurrently to their earlier terms.
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Imran Khan and Wife Sentenced to 17 Years in Latest 'Sham, Secretive' Trial
(Zero Hedge)—The Khan family is alleging a politically motivated set-up by longtime enemies of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan. This after he and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to 17 years in prison on Saturday after a court convicted them of unlawfully keeping and selling high-value state gifts, which caps the lengthy court case centered on several corruption allegations. He’s at the center of a series of cases, which have al…
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were sentenced on Saturday 21 December by a court to 17 years in prison for abuse of trust and corruption, in connection with gifts that the former leader had received when he was in office. Imran Khan, who had been imprisoned for two years, claims to be a victim of legal proceedings aimed at removing him from the political spectrum.
Imran Khan calls for nationwide protests after 17-year sentence in Toshakhana-II case
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has called on his supporters to prepare for nationwide protests and announced his intention to challenge the verdict against him in the Islamabad High Court after he and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to 17 years in prison in the Toshakhana-II corruption case, Dawn reported.
The two had retained a parure given by Bin Salman thanks to an expertise that devalued it
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