Pakistan court sentences Imran Khan, his ex-wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years in jail in Toshakhana corruption case2Photo© hindustantimes.com

Pakistan court sentences Imran Khan, his ex-wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years in jail in Toshakhana corruption case

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The Toshakhana case pertains to alleged fraud in state gifts, which the former first couple received from the Saudi government in 2021. Special court judge Shahrukh Arjumand announced the judgment in the high-security Adiala Jail in Pakistan's Rawalpindi.

Khan and Bushra were awarded 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment under Section 409 (criminal breach of trust) of the Pakistan Penal Code and seven years under different Sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The court also imposed a fine of ₹10 million on each of them.