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Imran, Bushra Jailed in £190m Case

Islamabad (TDI): Former premier Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi on Friday were convicted in the £190m Al-Qadir Trust case with the PTI founder being sentenced to 14 years in jail and a seven-year prison term handed to his wife.

Judge Nasir Javed Rana announced the ruling — previously delayed three times — in a makeshift courtroom at Adiala Jail.

The court also imposed fines on Imran Khan and Bushra, amounting to Rs1 million and Rs500,000, respectively.

Failure to pay the fines would result in an additional 6 months in jail.

The ruling was announced amid tight security outside Adiala Jail, following which Bushra was arrested from the courtroom.

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The couple was indicted in the case on February 27, 2024, shortly after the general elections.

Allegations

The case alleges that Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi obtained billions of rupees and land worth hundreds of kanals from Bahria Town Ltd for legalising Rs50 billion that was identified and returned to the country by UK during the previous PTI government.

On December 23 — the original date the ruling was supposed to be announced — an Islamabad accountability court postponed its judgment in the case until January 6 due to winter vacations.

On January 6, the ruling could not be pronounced as Judge Nasir Javed Rana, who heard the case, was on leave.

In the subsequent hearing on Janury 13, the judge cited the reason for the delay as Imran Khan and Bushra’s failure to appear before his accountability court at the Adiala Jail.

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Imran Khan was incarcerated in August 2023 in a series of legal cases, which he claims were “politically motivated”.

Last year, he was acquitted in the cipher and Iddat cases but was charged in the Toshakhana Two case in December.

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