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New Delhi, Jan 31: In relation to the Toshakhana case, a Pakistan court sentenced Imran Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and his wife, Bushra Bibi, to 14 years in prison. In addition, the pair was fined Rs 787 million Pakistani Rupees and barred from holding public office for 10 years.
This occurs one day after Khan and former Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood were sentenced to ten years in prison by a special court in Pakistan for leaking state secrets.
The Toshaskhana Case
The accusation against Khan asserts that he intentionally hid information about the gifts he kept from the Toshaskhana, which is a storage facility for presents given to government officials by foreign counterparts. This allegedly occurred during his tenure as the prime minister from 2018 to 2022, including the undisclosed profits from the reported sales of these gifts.
Throughout his three and a half years in office, Khan reportedly accepted 58 gifts from global leaders valued at over Rs 140 million. He kept all of the items, either by paying a little sum of money or not at all.
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Gifts, presents, and other items of a similar nature received by individuals to whom these rules apply must be reported to the Cabinet Division, under Toshakhana regulations.
In 2022, parliamentarians from the ruling party brought the Toshakhana case before the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), claiming that Khan had provided the electoral body with falsified information on the sale of official gifts.
Khan was imprisoned after the ECP first disqualified him and then brought a criminal case before a sessions court, where he was found guilty.
On August 5, 2023, in Lahore, Khan was taken into custody by the police after a district court issued a three-year prison sentence for his involvement in the illegal sale of state gifts.
