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Ex-Pakistani PM Khan Gets 14-Year Prison Sentence in Corruption Case - Reports

NEW DELHI (Sputnik) - Former Pakistani Prime Minister and chairman of Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) opposition party Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years behind bars in a corruption case related to the sale of valuables stored in the state treasury of Toshakhana, GEO, a Pakistani TV channel, reported on Wednesday.
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Both were also banned from holding any public office for 10 years and given a fine of 787 million rupees ($2.8 million) each.
On Tuesday, Khan and his party's vice chairman, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, were sentenced to 10 years behind bars in a separate case for violating the Official Secrets Act.
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