Former Pak PM Imran Khan Sentenced To 14 Years

In Corruption Case…

On Friday, 17 January 2025, a Pakistan court convicted former Pakistan PM Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in a landmark graft case. The court sentenced Khan to 14 years in prison.

Imran Khan has been held in custody since August 2023 charged with 200 cases but his party claims the latest conviction was being used to pressure him into silence.

"I will neither make any deal nor seek any relief," Khan told reporters inside the courtroom after his conviction.

The anti-graft court convened in the jail near the capital Islamabad where Khan is being held, and convicted him along with his wife over a welfare foundation they established together called the Al-Qadir Trust.

"The prosecution has proven its case. Khan is convicted," said Judge Nasir Javed Rana, announcing a 14-year sentence for Khan and seven years for Bibi.

Faith healer Bibi, who was recently released on bail, was arrested at the court after the conviction, her spokeswoman Mashal Yousafzai.

Khan maintains the cases are politically motivated and designed to keep him from returning to power again.

The sentence has been delayed several times, with analysts saying the jail term was being used to pressure Khan into accepting a deal with the military to step back from political grounds.