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EF-229830
Date
20 Jan 2025
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00:10
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1920 × 1080
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN

Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan sentenced to 14 years in prison over corruption case

Supporters of the former Prime Minister and chairman of the opposition party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, are shouting slogans after a court sentences Imran Khan to 14 years in prison for corruption related to the Al-Qadir University Project Trust, alongside a seven-year sentence for his wife Bushra Bibi, in Peshawar, Pakistan, on January 17, 2025. Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan is being sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption related to the Al-Qadir University Project Trust, alongside a seven-year sentence for his wife, Bushra Bibi. The accountability court in Rawalpindi is finding them guilty of misusing authority in a deal involving land acquisition from property tycoon Malik Riaz, where the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) alleges they are facilitating the laundering of over 239 million USD, causing significant losses to the national treasury. Khan, who is claiming the charges are politically motivated and a result of a conspiracy involving the military and the US, is facing multiple legal battles since being ousted from power in April 2022.

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