Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan, Wife Sentenced to 17 Years in Toshakhana Corruption Case

Islamabad, Dec 20: A Pakistani accountability court on Saturday sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years’ imprisonment each in the Toshakhana-2 corruption case involving alleged misuse of state gifts received from the Saudi government in 2021.

The verdict was pronounced by Special Court Judge Shahrukh Arjumand inside Rawalpindi’s high-security Adiala Jail, where both are already lodged. The court awarded 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment under Section 409 (criminal breach of trust) of the Pakistan Penal Code and seven years under various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, besides imposing a fine of PKR 16.4 million on each convict.

The case, filed in July 2024, relates to allegations that valuable gifts—including costly watches and diamond and gold jewellery sets—were sold by the former first couple without being deposited in the Toshakhana, the official state gift repository.

Bushra Bibi had been granted bail by the Islamabad High Court in October 2024, while Khan was granted bail a month later. Both were formally indicted in December last year.

The prosecution proceedings were conducted inside Adiala Jail, where Khan and Bushra Bibi are already serving sentences following their conviction earlier this year in the Al-Qadir Trust case.

Both convicts have the right to challenge their convictions before the High Court. (Agencies)