Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were convicted in a new corruption case on Thursday. The case, which is the third corruption case against him, revolves around the purchase of an expensive Bulgari jewelery set at a throwaway price, reports Dawn.
The development comes just a week after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and other leaders of his party were charged in connection with the attack on the Army General Headquarters in Rawalpindi during the May 9 protests last year. .
Although Khan was granted bail in the case by the Islamabad High Court last month, he remains in jail on multiple charges since his arrest on August 5 last year, according to Dawn.
On Thursday, Special Court Central-I judge Shahrukh Arjumand presided over the proceedings at Adiala jail, where Imran was produced. Bushra Bibi, who is out on bail in the case, appeared with her lawyer.
PTI founder and his wife Bushra Bibi have denied the corruption allegations leveled against them. Subsequently, the court called the prosecution witnesses on December 18 to record their testimony.
According to Dawn, this is Imran Khan’s seventh indictment, the previous indictment was against him on May 10, 2023 in the first Toshakhana case, in the second Toshakhana reference in January; 190 crore Pakistani currency (PKR) corruption case in February; And recently on the GHQ attack.
Whereas in the last two Toshakhana cases, Khan’s sentence was suspended. He was also convicted in the Sifar case on December 13, 2023, and the Iddat case in January, but was later acquitted in both the cases.
Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi’s trial in the PKR 190 million case has reached its final stages, with the couple testifying before the accountability court this week.
Notably, in the most recent case, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) accused the couple of possessing at a low price an expensive Bulgari jewelery set gifted by a foreign leader, which included necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings. She was there, and said that it caused a lot of damage. To the treasury.
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