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The former Pakistani prime minister and his wife are sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption

2024-01-31 09:14:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

The former Pakistani prime minister and his wife are sentenced to 14 years in

Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years in prison, a day after Pakistan's former prime minister was sentenced to 10 years.

On Tuesday he was convicted of leaking state secrets and on Wednesday he was sentenced to 14 years in another corruption case.

Khan has said that the numerous cases against him are politically motivated. This is the second sentence he has received in a few days.

Khan is immensely popular across the country, but has been barred from running in the February 8 election. His party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has also faced campaign restrictions.

His wife Bushra Bibi has also been arrested. Both have strongly denied the allegations leveled against them by Pakistan's anti-corruption watchdog. They are alleged to have sold or kept government gifts they received while in office for personal gain.

In addition to the 14-year prison sentence, the court ordered them to pay a fine of around 1.5 billion rupees (£4.2 million; $5.3 million).

The former prime minister will not hold public office for 10 years.





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