Jan 17, Kathmandu- A Pakistani court has sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years in prison in a government land embezzlement case. His wife Bushra Bibi has been sentenced to seven years in prison. They are accused of embezzling 50 billion Pakistani rupees from the state treasury.

Judge Nasir Javed Rana has sentenced Imran Khan to 14 years in prison and his wife Bushra to 7 years in prison in the Al Qadir Trust land grabbing case, The Dawn online edition reported. The hearing of the case had been postponed three times before.

Khan was arrested on May 9 on charges of misappropriating trust land. He is lodged in Adiala Jail. They were presented in the court for sentencing. Then they were again sent to jail.

In this case, the court has also imposed a fine of Rs 1 million on Khan and Rs 500 million on his wife. If they fail to pay this amount, they will have to spend another six months in jail.

According to the government's allegations, after Khan became prime minister, real estate developer Riyaz was implicated in a money laundering case. 40 billion rupees were confiscated from him from London. This amount was given to the Pakistani government by the British government. However, Imran Khan is accused of not informing the cabinet about it and secretly sending it to the account of Imran Khan's party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

After that, Imran Khan created the Al Qadir Trust. Through this, Al Qadir University was built for training. It is said that businessman Riyaz gave land worth billions for it. He also gave a diamond ring to Imran's wife Bushra. After that, the charges against Riyaz were dismissed against Imran.

Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said, "This has caused a loss of 50 billion rupees to the government treasury. Even after four years, there are only 32 students in this university."