Toshakhana Case: Islamabad High Court suspends 14-year jail term of Imran Khan, wife Bushra Bibi

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been relieved of a 14-year-long jail term over the Toshakhana case following an order by the Islamabad High Court on Monday that suspended the jail term for the PTI chief and his wife.

The two were sentenced to 14 years in jail each by an accountability court on January 31 for alleged corruption in state gifts they got from the state depository, days before the general elections.

Khan and Bibi challenged the court over their conviction in court where a two-member bench headed by IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard the case.

The couple has been granted bail in the Toshakhana case.

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Will Khan be released from jail?

No. Suspension of jail term over one case would not relieve Khan from others.

Similarly, Bushra is also convicted in another case and may not be released after her sentence has been suspended.

Khan so far has been convicted in four different cases since losing power in April 2022. He has got bail in both Toshakhana cases.

What is the Toshakhana case?

When he was the prime minister of a cash-strapped Pakistan, the 71-year-old cricketer-turned-politician allegedly retained expensive state gifts that he had received during his tenure.

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Under the rules governing Toshakhana - a Persian word meaning “treasure house” - government officials can keep gifts by paying a price for them but first the gift should be deposited. Khan and his wife either failed to deposit the gift or got it for a low price by allegedly using their authority.

The conviction of Khan in the Toshakhana case had come a day after he was awarded 10 years in jail in the cipher case on January 30.

With inputs from PTI