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Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison in a corruption case. Pakistani court has given him this punishment in the Al Qadir University Trust corruption case. His wife Bushra Bibi has also been sentenced to 7 years. The court has sentenced Imran Khan to 14 years in prison in a major corruption case of 190 million pounds, while his wife Bushra Bibi has been sentenced to 7 years.
The court sentenced Bushra Bibi to seven years in prison and also fined Khan 1 million Pakistani rupees and her husband 500,000 Pakistani rupees. Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau (NAB) registered a case against Khan, 72-year-old Bibi, 50-year-old and six others in December 2023. In this he was accused of causing a loss of 190 million pounds (50 billion Pakistani rupees) to the national exchequer.
However, according to Dawn report, only Khan and Bibi have been prosecuted. Because other accused including a prominent property businessman are currently out of Pakistan. Bushra Bibi was arrested immediately after the verdict. Imran Khan is already in jail.
The allegations claim that Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi helped transfer billions of rupees and hundreds of kanals of land from Bahria Town Limited. In return, Rs 50 billion returned to Pakistan by the United Kingdom during Khan’s tenure was laundered. It was also alleged that funds meant for the national treasury were allegedly diverted for personal gain, including the establishment of Al-Qadir University in Jhelum. As trustee of the Al-Qadir Trust, Bushra Bibi is accused of directly benefiting from the agreement. To acquire 458 kanals of land especially for the university. The NAB reference alleged that Khan diverted “funds earmarked for the state” into a personal account used to pay for land in Bahria Town in Karachi. Played an important role in illegal transfer”.
Imran Khan denies the allegations
Imran Khan, who is currently in jail, has denied the allegations. He called the allegation “politically motivated.” Earlier, he was jailed in several legal cases in 2023, although he was acquitted in the high-profile Toshakhana and Iddat cases. NAB prosecutors argued that Khan and Bibi were acting with “malicious intent” by refusing to provide justification or documentation about the transactions.