A corruption verdict handed down on Friday was yet another setback for Pakistan's embattled former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Already imprisoned since August 2023 on other charges, the new sentence adds 14 years to 10 and seven-year sentences Khan is serving on other cases. Pakistani law requires him to serve the sentences concurrently.

Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party supporters say the cases are a tactic to keep the popular cricket star-turned politician permanently out of politics.

Khan was removed from premiership in 2022 through a no-confidence vote in Pakistan's parliament.

In the latest case, in which his wife was also convicted, the couple is alleged to have accepted a land gift from a real estate tycoon Malik Riaz Hussain in return for laundered funds during Khan's tenure in office.........

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