Islamabad: Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has got a big night. Islamabad High Court on Monday suspended the 14-year sentence given to former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana corruption case. On January 31, a few days before the general elections, the Islamabad Accountability Court had sentenced both of them in this case. Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq said the hearing on the appeal against the sentence would be scheduled after the Eid holidays.
This is the allegation
In the Toshakhana corruption case, 71-year-old Khan is accused of possessing expensive government gifts he received during his tenure as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Under Toshakhana rules, government officials can keep gifts after paying a price but the gift must be deposited first. Khan and his wife either failed to deposit the gift or allegedly acquired it at a lower price by using their authority.
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This case is different from other Toshakhana cases in the country. Imran Khan assumed power in 2018 and after that he received 58 gifts worth about Rs 14 crore during official visits. These expensive gifts were deposited in the Toshakhana, but later Imran Khan bought them at a cheaper price from the Toshakhana and kept them with himself. Later these gifts were sold in the market at expensive prices. He also made changes in the law for this entire process.
Imran is in jail
At present, Imran Khan is in Adiala jail, while Bushra Bibi has been kept in Imran’s Banigala house. A part of this house has been converted into a jail. Here Bushra remains under strict surveillance. It should also be mentioned here that, according to media reports, Imran had bought these gifts from Toshkhana for Rs 2.15 crore, later he earned a profit of Rs 5.8 crore by selling them. There were many valuable items among these gifts. Imran Khan was disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan. He was later convicted of concealing income from the sale of state gifts. Imran’s disqualification was later rejected by the Islamabad High Court.
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