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Jan 31 - Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years in jail in a case related to illegal selling of state gifts.
An accountability court – which deals with corruption cases – in Rawalpindi on Wednesday also ruled that the couple would be ineligible to contest for a public office for 10 years while also slapping a fine of 757 million rupees ($2.7m).
The sentencing came a day after Khan was given a 10-year prison term for revealing state secrets. It was not immediately clear if the sentences were to run consecutively or concurrently.
Khan was handed a three-year prison sentence in August for selling gifts worth more than 140 million rupees ($501,000) he received when he was the prime minister from 2018 to April 2022.
Though he secured bail, he remained in jail facing trial in other cases.
The convictions against arguably Pakistan’s most popular politician came a week before the general elections to be held on February 8.
Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has already been stripped of its election symbol, with most of its candidates contesting as independents.
mohandev Wednesday, 31 January 2024 11:56 AM
How come our opposition in parliament not introducing these laws in SL without making fools of themselves on roads like stray dogs getting chased?
P .Kulasinghe Wednesday, 31 January 2024 12:16 PM
There has to be evidence to get a conviction.. the opposition does not have proof of the accusations they make...
Nilmini Welivita Wednesday, 31 January 2024 12:25 PM
I hope criminals like Arjuna Ranatunga and Sanath Jayasuriya get prison sentences too.
Tissa Fernando Wednesday, 31 January 2024 07:33 PM
What are you saying ? Was winning the world Cup for Sri Lanka a criminal offence? Did you loose your bets at that time ? What have you done to this country? Those 2 guys were instrumental in winning the cricket World Cup fir the country.
Ron Wednesday, 31 January 2024 12:26 PM
Everything will be changed when things get fully dried......all in one basket
Citizens Wednesday, 31 January 2024 01:10 PM
When will Sri Lanka see justice meted out to thieves who robbed the nation dry! Not in this birth!
Tissa Fernando Wednesday, 31 January 2024 07:48 PM
As fars as I am aware of , Imran Khan sold these gifts to cover official expenses. He was saving a lot of money by cutting down unnecessary expenses, but when you reduce government expenses it reduces the income for those who used to receive those payments so they stand together against you. Pakistan is a country with full of corrupt people like Sri Lanka.
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