The 12 months 2025 didn’t show to be a great 12 months for Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi. The founding father of PTI and his spouse had not but recovered from the shock of the sentence handed down by the army court docket of their patron Basic (retd) Faiz Hameed. Imran Khan and his spouse acquired a sentence of 17 years every and a tremendous of Rs 16 million within the Toshakhana 2 instances. This sentence was pronounced by the Particular Choose of the Accountability Court docket of Islamabad, Central Shahrukh Arjumand, in Adiala Jail and stated in his verdict that “attributable to previous age of the founding father of PTI and Bushra Bibi being a girl, they got the least punishment.” Former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi have been accused of being gifted a useful Bulgari jewellery set by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2021. The jewellery set manufactured from pink diamonds and gold included a bracelet, necklace, ring and earrings, price a complete of over Rs 75 million, however the PTI founder and partner used their affect to get the jewellery set undervalued from a non-public agency and get estimate of Rs 5.9 million. The trial of the Toshakhana 2 instances continued for nearly a 12 months in Adiala Jail, throughout which greater than 80 hearings have been held and there have been a complete of 21 accused within the case, whereas the statements of 18 witnesses have been recorded and cross-examined. The unhappy half is that the PTI has given the court docket choice a shade of non-public revenge and known as it a political victimization.
Throughout his 4 and a half 12 months reign, Imran Khan acquired 112 useful presents from heads of various nations, together with Chopard, Rolex watches, gold and diamond-studded jewellery, gold pens, diamond-studded cufflinks, gold Kalashnikovs and different very useful presents. However as a substitute of storing these useful presents within the Tosha Khana, Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi saved them with them, whereas the valuation committee fashioned by the Prime Minister estimated the worth of the presents price crores of rupees to be lower than the precise market worth. Thus, Imran Khan and his spouse paid solely Rs 40 million and took all of the presents to Bani Gala. The precious presents given to Imran Khan by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman additionally included a really costly Chopard watch manufactured from diamonds and gold. The watch, which depicts the Kaaba, was price about $2 million (Rs. 575 million), however on his return house, Imran Khan gave it to his spouse Bushra Bibi as a substitute of depositing it within the Tosha Khana. Later, when the watch was despatched to the Chopard showroom in Dubai on the market, the corporate contacted the workplace of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Thus, the matter was delivered to the eye of Saudi Crown Prince, who was shocked that the watch he had gifted to the Prime Minister of his brother nation didn’t recognize the present and offered it. It ought to be famous that within the Tosha Khana 1 case of the Chopard watch, PTI founder Imran Khan has been sentenced to three years in jail and a tremendous of Rs. 100,000 on fees of corrupt practices and failure to declare presents in belongings. The conviction within the Toshakhana instances is a significant political setback for former Prime Minister Imran Khan, whereas the 190 million pound Qadir Belief case and the overseas funding case are additionally elevating questions in regards to the political way forward for the PTI founder.
Imran Khan’s long-time aide Abdul Aleem Khan has additionally confirmed the corruption allegations in opposition to the PTI founder and revealed that through the PTI regime, Imran Khan’s spouse Bushra Bibi was gifted a really costly diamond set by a distinguished builder and when the then DG ISI and present Chief of Defence Forces Subject Marshal Asim Munir introduced this matter to the discover of Imran Khan, Imran Khan eliminated Asim Munir from his submit for exposing his spouse’s corruption, saying that he had crossed a pink line.
The PTI founder got here to energy with a grandiose narrative of ending corruption and nature had additionally supplied him with a uncommon alternative to place his narrative into observe. If Imran Khan had remained steadfast in his assertion in opposition to corruption, he would have been probably the most widespread leaders in Pakistan in the present day. Sadly, throughout his tenure, the lust for wealth and corruption not solely negated his claims, but additionally humiliated him and Bushra Bibi, and darkened Imran Khan’s stature and political future. Thus, Imran Khan, as soon as given the title of “Sadiq and Amin” by Baba Rahmat’s court docket after the convictions within the Tosha Khana instances, is now not Sadiq and Amin.
