Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief, Imran Khan, and his wife, Bushra Bibi, have each been sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment by an accountability court in the country on Saturday on corruption charges.
The court accused the two of having committed fraud and selling state gifts received from the Saudi government in 2021.
Special court judge, Shahrukh Arjumand, announced the judgment in the case in Rawalpindi’s high-security Adiala Jail, where the two are lodged since 2023.
Both Khan and Bushra were awarded 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment under Section 409 (criminal breach of trust) of the Pakistan Penal Code and seven years under different Sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The court also imposed a fine of ₹10 million on each of them.
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The case, which was filed in July 2024, pertains to allegations surrounding valuables including expensive watches, diamond and gold jewellery, which were allegedly sold by the couple without being deposited in the Toshakhana.
While Bushra Bibi was granted bail by the Islamabad High Court in October, 2024, Khan too was granted bail a month later in the same case.
However, they were again indicted in December last year. Meanwhile, the prosecution proceedings continued in the Adiala Jail, where both Khan and his wife have already been incarcerated after conviction earlier this year in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
Both convicts can file appeals in the High Court against their convictions.
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