A ranar Juma’a, 17 ga watan Janairu, 2025, kotu ta yankewa tsohon Firaministan Pakistan, Imran Khan, hukuncin daurin shekaru 14 a gidan yari kan zargin cin hanci da rashawa da sauran laifuffuka. Wannan hukunci ya kasance mafi tsawo da aka taba yankewa ga Imran Khan, wanda aka tsare tun watan Agustar shekarar 2023.
Kwanan nan, Imran Khan ya fuskanci sama da tuhume-tuhume guda 100, wanda duka ya musanta, yana mai ikirarin cewa zargin yana da alaka da siyasa. A cikin wannan hukunci, an zargi Khan da karɓar wani fili daga wani babban mai harkar gini a matsayin rashawa ta hanyar gidauniyar Al-Qadir Trust da ya kafa lokacin yana mulki.
Hukuncin ya jawo zanga-zangar mabiya Imran Khan, inda suka yi kokarin nuna goyon bayansu a wajen kotu, amma hukumomi sun yi amfani da ƙarfi wajen dakatar da su. Jam’iyyar PTI ta kare tsohon shugaban, tana mai cewa an bai wa gidauniyar Trust filin a matsayin kyauta don gina cibiyar ilimi ta addini, ba don amfanin Khan ba.
A cikin jawabinsa bayan yanke hukuncin, Imran Khan ya bayyana cewa ba zai yi wata yarjejeniya ko neman sauƙi ba. Duk da kasancewarsa a kurkuku, har yanzu yana da tasiri a fagen siyasar Pakistan, inda ‘yan takararsa suka lashe mafi yawan kujeru a zabe na baya-bayan nan.
Hukuncin ya kawo ƙarshen jinkirin yanke hukunci da aka samu, yayin da jam’iyyar Khan ke tattaunawa da gwamnati. Wannan lamari ya ƙara jaddada tasirin cin hanci da rashawa a siyasar Pakistan, wanda ya kasance batun da ya shafi shugabannin da suka gabata.