Pakistan’s former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were sentenced to 17 years in jail each by a court on Saturday, February 7, in the Toshakhana 2 corruption case.
Khan, 73, has been in jail since August 2023 and faces multiple cases launched against him since his ouster from power in 2022.
Special court judge Shahrukh Arjumand announced the judgment in the case at Rawalpindi’s high-security Adiala Jail, where the former Prime Minister is currently lodged.
Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi were sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment under Section 409 (criminal breach of trust) of the Pakistan Penal Code, as well as, seven years under different sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
“This court, while passing sentences, has considered the old age of Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi, as well as the fact that Bushra Imran Khan is a female. It is in consideration of both said factors that a lenient view has been taken in awarding lesser punishment,” the judgement read.
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