Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan and wife get 14 years jail in graft case
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00:00 The ruling was issued in this prison, where Imran Khan has been detained for much of the
00:05 time since his arrest in August.
00:07 On Wednesday, the former Pakistan Prime Minister and his wife were sentenced to 14 years in
00:12 prison in a corruption case related to the illegal selling of state gifts.
00:18 It comes a day after Khan was given a 10-year jail term in another case in which he was
00:22 convicted of leaking state secrets.
00:25 A conviction his lawyer says is unfair.
00:27 "The legally appointed legal team of Mr Imran Khan were ousted from the proceedings, were
00:34 thrown literally out of the court and they were not given the right to cross-examine
00:38 and to defend their clients.
00:40 This is unconstitutional, this is against the principles of natural justice."
00:44 Khan's PTI party said it would contest the ruling, which supporters of the former Prime
00:49 Minister view as a miscarriage of justice.
00:53 "This verdict against Imran Khan is a very bad decision because the whole nation knows
00:57 he's an honest person.
00:59 Whatever is happening with him is not fair."
01:04 We all know who is honest and we know who the looters are in this country.
01:08 Imran Khan is our last hope.
01:10 The whole system is trying to eliminate him.
01:15 After his party won the vote in 2018, Khan was ousted from power in 2022 in a parliamentary
01:21 vote of no confidence.
01:23 Since then, the former cricket star, aged 71, has been fighting dozens of cases against
01:29 him and was also handed a three-year prison sentence last August on corruption charges.
01:34 The latest sentences come just days before national elections on February 8th.
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