Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan sentenced to 14 years in prison in corruption case
Source: The Guardian
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption, another setback for the beleaguered leader who has already spent over 18 months in jail and is facing more than a hundred cases.
Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were found guilty of illegally obtaining lucrative plots of land, worth billions of rupees, through a corrupt deal with a Pakistani property tycoon. Khan was given a 14-year sentence while his wife was given seven years, and Khan was fined 1m Pakistan rupees (£2,900).
The accountability court that ruled in the case had been specially set up inside Adialia prison where Khan has been languishing since he was arrested in August 2023. Bibi was arrested from the courtroom after the verdict was given.
Khan, who remains the country’s most popular political figure, has maintained that the cases against him are part of a “political witchunt” to keep him out of power. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)governed from 2018 to 2022 but he was toppled from office after losing the support of the country’s highly powerful military. He subsequently embarked on a public spat with army leadership, accusing them of involvement in a plan to assassinate him.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/17/pakistan-imran-khan-sentenced-prison-corruption-case
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