
A Pakistani court indicts imprisoned former PM Imran Khan and his wife for corruption
A Pakistani court on December 12 indicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife in one of several graft cases they face, officials and his party said. Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi pleaded not guilty when a judge in the garrison city of Rawalpindi read them the charges. The couple is accused of keeping and selling state gifts including jewelry they received when Khan was in office, at a value less than their market price. Under Pakistan’s laws, government officials and politicians are allowed to keep gifts they receive while in office from foreign dignitaries, but must pay their market value and declare how much they earned from their sales. The hearing of the case was adjourned until December 18 after the indictment of Khan and Bibi. This is the second such corruption case against the couple. Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, have said all…...