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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Arpan Rai

Imran Khan and wife Bushra Bibi sentenced to combined 21 years in corruption case

Supporters of Pakistan’s former prime minister protest outside the court in Islamabad to demand his release - (AFP/Getty)

A Pakistan court has sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail respectively after finding them guilty of corruption, his lawyers and officials said.

The two were accused of accepting a gift of land from a real estate tycoon in exchange for laundered money when Mr Khan was in power.

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