Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, along with his wife Bushra Bibi, have been sentenced to 17 years in prison each in a corruption case, new agency PTI has revealed, citing local media. The case is regarding the alleged fraud carried out by Khan and his wife in state gifts, which they received in 2021 from the government of Saudi Arabia. Khan and his wife were awarded 10 years' each of rigorous imprisonment under ion 409 (criminal breach of trust) of the Pakistan Penal Code. Later, in August 2023, he was arrested again in the Toshakhana case. Khan and his wife have been incarcerated in the Adiala Jail, where the prosecution process was being carried out, since their conviction in the Al-Qadir Trust case.

Source: Mint December 20, 2025 09:21 UTC