Imran Khan, the previous prime minister of Pakistan, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for revealing state secrets and techniques, and one other courtroom in Pakistan has sentenced him and his spouse Bushra Bibi to 14 years in jail for promoting authorities presents.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party (PTI) introduced on Wednesday 11 Bahman (January 31) that Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in jail and banned from political exercise for 10 years on costs of corruption. This means he’ll serve a complete of 14 years in jail.
Imran Khan has been in jail since August 2023, and a particular courtroom contained in the Rawalpindi jail convicted him of unveiling a confidential authorities doc, sentencing him to 10 years in jail. Additionally, the National Accountability Bureau discovered him responsible of illegally promoting authorities presents throughout his tenure as prime minister.
His spouse Bushra Bibi, who obtained married to him in 2018, has additionally been implicated within the case associated to the unlawful sale of presidency presents. They have been sentenced to a complete of 24 years in jail, however with overlapping sentences, Imran Khan will serve 14 years.
The Tehreek-e-Insaf celebration has introduced that it’ll protest towards the decision, which comes only a week earlier than the overall elections in Pakistan on February 8. Imran Khan’s supporters have additionally been demonstrating and protesting towards the decision.
After the announcement of his 10-year jail sentence, supporters of Imran Khan marched and protested in Baluchistan province. There was additionally an explosion amongst his supporters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, with the ISIS group claiming accountability for the assault.
Imran Khan has been out and in of authorized troubles since 2022, after he was dismissed from energy and didn’t obtain a vote of confidence from the parliament. He maintains that the accusations towards him are politically motivated.