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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 are already serving time in prison for earlier convictions, and the new sentences – 10 years for criminal breach of trust and seven years for criminal misconduct, and a fine – will reportedly run concurrently to their earlier terms.
Khan has described the charges as politically motivated and his lawyer told BBC News his team plan to challenge the verdict.
Imran Khan has been imprisoned since 2023 and is facing a series of cases he says are politically motivated. (Reuters: Akhtar Soomro)
A Pakistani court has convicted and sentenced imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 17 years in prison.
They were found guilty of retaining and selling state gifts, according to officials and his party.
Following the verdict, Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party announced plans for protests across the state of Punjab on Sunday.
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 17 years' prison each in a corruption case.
The case relates to luxury watches gifted to Khan by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during official visits, which prosecutors said Khan and his wife then purchased from the state at a heavily discounted price in violation of Pakistan's gift rules.
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Khan and his wife have denied accusations that they misrepresented the value of state gifts, including jewellery, and profited from them.
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 17 years in prison after a Pakistani court found them guilty of illegally retaining and selling valuable state gifts.
The sentence, handed down on Saturday, capped a years-long saga that saw the duo accused of selling various gifts – including jewellery from the Saudi Arabian government – at far below market value. They have denied all charges.
In order to keep gifts from foreign dignitaries, Pakistani law requires officials to purchase them at market value and to declare profits from any sales.
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