The politician and his wife were accused of selling gifts in state possession during his premiership from 2018-2022
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife have been sentenced to 14 years in prison in a corruption case. This comes after another court ruling in which Khan was given ten years for leaking state secrets.
The politician and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were sentenced by a Pakistani accountability court on Wednesday in the city of Rawalpindi, not far from the capital, Islamabad. Both were charged with the illegal sale of state gifts while Khan was prime minister from 2018 to 2022.
In addition to the sentence, the two have been barred from running for public office for ten years and fined $2.7 million.
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January 31, 2024 at 12:21PM
RT