Only a day after he was sentenced to a decade in jail, former Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan on Wednesday was ordered jailed for 14 years in a separate case, dealing him one other heavy blow in his bitter feud with the nation’s highly effective army.
The brand new sentence, handed down eight days earlier than a scheduled nationwide election by which Mr. Khan’s get together has been battered by a widening crackdown, got here in a case involving state items. His spouse, Bushra Bibi, additionally obtained a 14-year sentence. Each have denied any wrongdoing.
In asserting the decision on the high-security jail the place Mr. Khan, 71, has been held for months, the decide additionally stated that the previous prime minister and his spouse could be barred from holding workplace for 10 years.
Mr. Khan questioned the equity and impartiality of the trial in the course of the listening to on Wednesday. He requested the decide: “Why are you in a rush to announce the decision? I’ve not even recorded my closing assertion.” Mr. Khan then exited the courtroom, and the decide introduced the sentence in his absence.
His attorneys stated they’d attraction the decision. They’ve additionally stated they’ll attraction the 10-year sentence that Mr. Khan obtained on Tuesday, in a case involving state secrets and techniques.
“These circumstances are usually not trials; this can be a drama,” Syed Ali Zafar, a senior authorized aide to Mr. Khan, instructed reporters. “The Structure and the regulation have been violated; there isn’t any doubt that this punishment will probably be suspended quickly.”
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