Pakistan court indicts Imran Khan, wife Bushra Bibi  in 2nd Toshakhana case

Published Date: 13-12-2024 | 4:04 am

Islamabad : A Pakistani court indicted imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife on fresh charges of illegally selling state gifts on Thursday, local broadcaster Geo reported.

The indictment was the latest in dozens of cases against the 72-year-old former cricket star, who has been in jail since late last year. Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have already been granted bail in the case, which is one of a series of state treasury charges known as Toshakhana.

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These charges revolve around allegations that Khan and his wife illegally procured and then sold gifts worth more than 140 million rupees ($5,01,000) in state possession, which he received during his 2018-22 premiership. They have denied committing an offence.

Khan and Bibi were both handed a 14-year sentence on those charges days before a national election earlier this year, following a three-year sentence handed to him in late 2023 in another version of the same case.

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However, their sentences have been suspended in appeals at the high court.

The gifts included diamond jewellery and seven watches, six of them Rolexes – the most expensive being valued at 85 million rupees.

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