Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan was convicted of exposing official secrets and sentenced to 10 years in prison on Jan. 30, days before an election. Image: Reuters)
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan on Wednesday has been sentenced to another 14 years in jail in a different case, after 1 day he was given a 10-year jail sentence.
Bushra Bibi, his wife also sentenced to a 14-year in jail and both have denied any lawlessness.
Wednesday's court case revolved around accusations over state gifts that he and his wife received while in office, while Tuesday's case - for which he was sentenced to 10 years - for leaking classified state documents. It is thought the two sentences will run concurrently, although that has not been confirmed.
The verdict by the judge also said that Mr Khan and his wife would be barred from holding office for 10 years.
Mr Khan questioned the fairness and impartiality of the trial during the hearing on Wednesday. He asked the judge: “Why are you in a hurry to announce the verdict? I have not even recorded my final statement.” Mr. Khan then exited the courtroom, and the judge announced the sentence in his absence.
His lawyers said they would appeal the verdict. They have also said they will appeal the 10-year sentence that he received on Tuesday, in a case involving state secrets.
“These cases are not trials; this is a drama,” Syed Ali Zafar, a senior legal aide to Mr. Khan, told reporters. “The Constitution and the law have been violated; there is no doubt that this punishment will be suspended soon.”
But analysts said that Mr Khan’s fate was less a judicial matter than a political one, following a familiar pattern in which popular politicians in Pakistan have been barred from politics after falling out with the military establishment. Top generals have long guided the country’s politics from behind the scenes.
巴基斯坦前總理伊姆蘭汗再次被判 14 年監禁，這是兩天內第二次被判入獄
伊姆蘭汗 (Imran Khan) 又被判處 14 年監禁，這是兩天內的第二次判決
週三，巴基斯坦前總理伊姆蘭汗在另一起案件中被判處 14 年監禁，此前他被判處 10 年監禁。
週三的法庭案件圍繞著對他和他的妻子在任職期間收到的國家禮物的指控，而周二的案件則圍繞著洩露國家機密文件的指控展開，他因此被判處 10 年徒刑。 據認為這兩個句子將同時執行，儘管這一點尚未得到證實。
Bushra Bibi 和他的妻子也被判處 14 年監禁，兩人均否認有任何違法行為。
新的判決是在預定的全國選舉前八天做出的，在這次選舉中，汗先生的政黨受到了不斷擴大的鎮壓的打擊，該判決是在涉及國家禮物的案件中做出的。
法官的判決還表示，汗先生和他的妻子將被禁止在十年內擔任公職。
汗先生在周三的聽證會上質疑審判的公平性和公正性。 他問法官：「為什麼這麼急著宣布判決？ 我什至還沒有記錄我的最後陳述。” 隨後汗先生離開法庭，法官在他缺
席的情況下宣布了判決。
他的律師表示將對判決提出上訴。 他們還表示，將對汗先生週二因涉及國家機密的案件而被判處 10 年徒刑提出上訴。
「這些案件不是審判；而是審判。」 這是一齣戲劇，」汗先生的高級法律助理賽義德·阿里·紮法爾告訴記者。 「憲法和法律遭到違反； 毫無疑問，這項處罰很快就會被暫停。”
但分析人士表示，汗先生的命運與其說是一個司法問題，不如說是一個政治問題，這遵循了一種常見的模式，即巴基斯坦受歡迎的政客在與軍方發生爭執後被禁止參政。 長期以來，高級將領一直在幕後指導國家政治。
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