Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan sentenced to 14 years in Jail in land corruption case

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imram Khan was handed a 14-year prison sentence by a local court in a land corruption case related to the Al-Qadir Trust on Friday, ARY News reported.

His wife Bushra Bibi has also been sentenced for 7 years in jail.

The verdict in the case, the largest in terms of financial wrongdoing faced by Khan, was delivered by an anti-graft court in a prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where Khan has been jailed since August 2023.

Judge Nasir Javed Rana of the anti-corruption court announced the verdict that had been deferred thrice due to different reasons, last time on January 13.

The judge announced the verdict in a makeshift court set up in Adila jail.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in December 2023 filed the case against Khan (72), his wife Bushra Bibi (50) & six others, accusing them of causing a loss to the tune of 190 million pounds (PRs50 billion) to the national kitty.

However, Khan & Bibi have been prosecuted as all others, including a property tycoon, were out of the country.

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