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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, have found themselves in a legal quagmire as they've been handed a hefty 14-year prison sentence in the Toshakhana case, as per reports buzzing in the local media.
The Islamabad accountability court delivered the verdict, also banning the couple from any public office for a decade. On top of that, they've been slapped with a hefty fine amounting to a staggering Rs787 million.
This bombshell comes right on the heels of Pakistan gearing up for its imminent polls on the 8th of February.
Imran Khan, aged 71, isn't unfamiliar with legal woes, having been previously sentenced to 10 years behind bars on January 30th in the cypher case, which revolves around the alleged leakage of sensitive state information.
Now, what exactly is this Toshakhana case all about?
Last year, the former Prime Minister was found guilty in the Toshakhana gifts case, leading to his disqualification from contesting elections for a substantial five-year period. Not to mention, he was also handed a fine of PKR 1,00,000 by the Islamabad High Court.
The crux of the matter lies in accusations of Khan and his wife retaining a whopping 112 valuables gifted to the PM’s Office from August 2018 to December 2021. Shockingly, they acquired 52 of these items worth a staggering PKR 800,200 without shelling out a single penny!
As per reports, Khan managed to hold on to the remaining 60 valuables, valued at over PKR 141 million, by paying a sum total of PKR 38.17 million. The highlight reel includes a PKR 85 million Graff wristwatch from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, which Khan retained for a mere PKR 20 million.
Adding fuel to the fire, Khan reportedly paid a paltry PKR 754,000 for a Rolex watch valued at PKR 3.8 million. The meticulous record of these gifts, received during Khan's tenure as Prime Minister, was meticulously maintained by a department under the Cabinet Division known as Toshakhana.
In a shocking revelation by Fact Focus, it was unveiled that Khan earned more from Toshakhana gifts in just two months than he did in the first 66 years of his life.
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