Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in jail in a corruption case, a day after he was given a 10-year sentence for leaking state secrets.
Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, was also handed a 14-year sentence in the case, known as Toshakhana, which accused them both of illegally selling state gifts. The judge also banned them both from holding political office for 10 years.
The sentence, given at a hearing held in the Rawalpindi prison where Khan, 71, is being held, further worsens the plight of the beleaguered former prime minister, who has been in jail since August and is facing over a hundred different charges.
The judge had denied Khan’s lawyers’ request to cross-examine witnesses in the trial and his lawyers were not present on Wednesday when the sentence was given.
巴基斯坦前总理伊姆兰·汗因腐败案被判处 14 年监禁，一天前他因泄露国家机密被判处 10 年徒刑。
汗的妻子布什拉·比比也被判处 14 年徒刑，罪名是两人非法出售国家礼品。 法官还禁止他们两人在十年内担任政治职务。
71岁的汗被关押在拉瓦尔品第监狱，在听证会上作出的这一判决进一步加剧了这位被监禁的前总理困境，他自8月以来一直被关押在监狱中，并面临着一百多项不同的指控。
法官拒绝了汗律师在审判中盘问证人的请求，周三宣判时他的律师也没有在场。
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