A Pakistani court has handed down a significant ruling, sentencing the country's former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to jail for corruption charges. Imran Khan has been given a 14-year sentence, while his wife has been sentenced to seven years in prison. The charges stem from allegations that the couple accepted a gift of land from a real estate tycoon in exchange for laundered money during Khan's time in power.
According to prosecutors, the businessman involved, Malik Riaz, was permitted by Khan to pay fines imposed on him in a separate case using laundered money amounting to 190 million British pounds ($240 million). This money had been repatriated to Pakistan by British authorities in 2022 to be deposited into the national exchequer.
