FORMER Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan was sentenced to 14 years in prison after being found guilty of corruption.
The former cricket captain, 72, already jailed, was sentenced following allegations he was linked in a £200m corruption case.
His wife Bushra Bibi, 53, was also sentenced to seven years in prison after the couple were accused of accepting a land donation from a property tycoon in exchange for laundered land. money.
Prosecutors say Khan allowed businessman Malik Riaz to pay fines imposed on him in another case stemming from the same money laundering. money of £190 million.
Khan has denied any wrongdoing and insisted since his arrest in 2023, accused of around 200 cases, that all the accusations are a plot by his rivals to prevent him from returning to office.
His party claims the latest conviction was being used to pressure him into silence.
“I will not make any deal or seek any relief,” Khan told reporters inside the court room after his sentence.
“The prosecution has proven its case. Khan has been convicted,” said Judge Nasir Javed Rana.
The healer Bibi, who was recently released on bail, was arrested in the court following the conviction, said his spokesperson Mashal Yousafzai.
He cricket the star was expelled from force in a vote of no confidence in 2022.
The sentencing has been delayed several times over the past month, and analysts said the jail term was being used to pressure Khan to accept a deal with the military to step back. policy.
Khan previously received four convictions, two of which were overturned, while the sentences in the other two cases were suspended.
But he remained in prison about pending cases.
Khan was banned from running in the February elections and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party was crippled by widespread repression.
Khan was chosen by millions of Pakistanis who grew up watching him play cricket, where he excelled as an all-rounder and led the nation to a World Cup victory in 1992.
He was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt in November 2022 and accused senior military officials of conspiring.
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