Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan, wife sentenced to 17 years in another corruption case

A Pakistani court on Saturday (December 20) sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years in prison each in a corruption case involving the alleged under-priced purchase of luxury state gifts, local media outlet Geo News reported.

Khan was earlier given jail sentences — one of 14 years and the other three years — in two cases pertaining to illegally acquiring and selling state gifts. Both sentences have been suspended by high courts while his appeals are heard.

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Also known as the Toshakhana or state treasury case, Khan and his wife are charged with selling gifts worth more than 140 million rupees ($501,000) in state possession, which he received during his 2018-2022 premiership.

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The gifts included diamond jewellery and seven watches, six of them Rolexes — the most expensive being valued at 85 million rupees ($305,000).

They have denied wrongdoing in the case.

Khan was also convicted in four cases ahead of a February 2024 national election and has been in jail since August 2023, but all of the sentences against him have since been overturned or suspended.