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Leo Januari 17, 2025, Mahakama ya Pakistan imemhukumu Waziri Mkuu wa zamani, Imran Khan, kifungo cha miaka 14 jela na mkewe, Bushra Bibi, kifungo cha miaka 7, kwa tuhuma za matumizi mabaya ya mamlaka na ufisadi kuhusiana na Taasisi ya Al-Qadir University Project Trust.
Uamuzi ulitolewa na Jaji Nasir Javed Rana wa mahakama ya kupambana na ufisadi, baada ya kuahirishwa mara tatu, huku Khan pia akipigwa faini ya dola 3,500 (takriban shilingi 9,800,000 za Kitanzania), na mkewe akitozwa nusu ya kiasi hicho.
Hati ya mashtaka inadai kuwa Khan na mkewe walijipatia ardhi yenye thamani ya mamilioni ya dola kutoka kwa mfanyabiashara maarufu Malik Riaz, na kisha kuanzisha taasisi ya elimu isiyo ya faida. Khan alikamatwa kwa mara ya kwanza kuhusiana na kesi hii mnamo Mei 2023, na maandamano ya wafuasi wake yaliibuka baada ya kukamatwa.
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Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was on Friday sentenced to 14 years in prison, and his wife Bushra Bibi to seven years in a case related to the misuse of authority and corruption involving Khan’s Al-Qadir University Project Trust.
Khan was also given a fine of 1 million Pakistani rupees ($3,500), while Bibi was fined half that amount.
An accountability court operating from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, where Khan has been imprisoned since August 2023, had reserved its verdict in December last year and deferred the announcement three times. Bibi was arrested at the court premises.
Khan, who did not appear before the court on January 13 when the decision was delayed for a third time, had earlier claimed the delays were an attempt to “pressurise” him.
This marks the fourth major case in which the former prime minister has been convicted.
Three earlier convictions, announced in January last year, were related to selling state gifts, leaking state secrets, and unlawful marriage, all of which were overturned or suspended. Despite this, Khan remains behind bars, with dozens of cases pending against him – a situation he describes as a political witch-hunt.
Source: Al Jazeera English
Leo Januari 17, 2025, Mahakama ya Pakistan imemhukumu Waziri Mkuu wa zamani, Imran Khan, kifungo cha miaka 14 jela na mkewe, Bushra Bibi, kifungo cha miaka 7, kwa tuhuma za matumizi mabaya ya mamlaka na ufisadi kuhusiana na Taasisi ya Al-Qadir University Project Trust.
Uamuzi ulitolewa na Jaji Nasir Javed Rana wa mahakama ya kupambana na ufisadi, baada ya kuahirishwa mara tatu, huku Khan pia akipigwa faini ya dola 3,500 (takriban shilingi 9,800,000 za Kitanzania), na mkewe akitozwa nusu ya kiasi hicho.
Hati ya mashtaka inadai kuwa Khan na mkewe walijipatia ardhi yenye thamani ya mamilioni ya dola kutoka kwa mfanyabiashara maarufu Malik Riaz, na kisha kuanzisha taasisi ya elimu isiyo ya faida. Khan alikamatwa kwa mara ya kwanza kuhusiana na kesi hii mnamo Mei 2023, na maandamano ya wafuasi wake yaliibuka baada ya kukamatwa.
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Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was on Friday sentenced to 14 years in prison, and his wife Bushra Bibi to seven years in a case related to the misuse of authority and corruption involving Khan’s Al-Qadir University Project Trust.
Khan was also given a fine of 1 million Pakistani rupees ($3,500), while Bibi was fined half that amount.
An accountability court operating from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, where Khan has been imprisoned since August 2023, had reserved its verdict in December last year and deferred the announcement three times. Bibi was arrested at the court premises.
Khan, who did not appear before the court on January 13 when the decision was delayed for a third time, had earlier claimed the delays were an attempt to “pressurise” him.
This marks the fourth major case in which the former prime minister has been convicted.
Three earlier convictions, announced in January last year, were related to selling state gifts, leaking state secrets, and unlawful marriage, all of which were overturned or suspended. Despite this, Khan remains behind bars, with dozens of cases pending against him – a situation he describes as a political witch-hunt.
Source: Al Jazeera English
