Quoting a copy of the court order, Dawn reported that both have been fined Rs 16.4 million. According to the law, failure to pay the fine will result in further imprisonment.
A special court of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday sentenced former Pakistani Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years in prison.
Quoting a copy of the court order, Dawn reported that both have been fined Rs 16.4 million, with further imprisonment if they fail to pay the fine, as per the law. The verdict was delivered by Special Judge Central Shahrukh Arjumand during a hearing at Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail.
Imran has been sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment under sections 34 (common intention) and 409 (criminal breach of trust) of the Pakistan Penal Code and seven years of rigorous imprisonment under section 5(2) (criminal misconduct by public servants) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. His wife Bushra Bibi has also been sentenced to a total of 17 years in prison under the same provision.
In October this year, Imran and Bushra Bibi had denied all the charges, saying it was a fabricated and political stunt to disqualify the Pakistani prime minister from politics.
According to Dawn, the PTI founder followed due process as per the policy and was reported, assessed and legally held in the Prime Minister's Office protocol section after the payment was deposited in the national treasury.
