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A court in Pakistan has sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years and his wife Bushra Bibi to seven years in prison in a corruption case over a parcel of land.
Khan, who has been in jail since 2023, has strenuously protested his innocence, saying that he and his partner are being targeted for political reasons.
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Prosecutors allege that the couple received land from one of Pakistan’s wealthiest men in exchange for a favour during Khan’s premiership, which began in 2018 and ended in 2022, when he lost a no-confidence vote in parliament.
The authorities in Pakistan say Khan and his wife personally benefitted from the arrangement, while they insist that the sole beneficiary was their trust, which runs a university near Islamabad that is focused on spirituality and Islamic teachings.
In return for the land gift, prosecutors say that Khan’s government allowed Hussain to pay fines he owed a Pakistani court from a pot of money — worth £190m (€225.1m) — that had been retur