A Trump ally has called on Pakistan to release the former prime minister from prison, inspiring fervent hope among his supporters.

(Reuters) - A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment and his wife Bushra Bibi to seven years in a land corruption case, his legal team said.

A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced the country’s already-imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail after finding them guilty of corruption, officials and his lawyer said.

A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment on Friday in a land corruption case, a setback to nascent talks between his party and the government aimed at cooling political instability in the south Asian nation.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's 14-year jail sentence in a land corruption case is the latest in a series of ups and downs for the charismatic cricket star who has been in prison for the last one-and-a-half years.

Imran Khan was handed a 14-year jail on Wednesday in a land corruption case. The former Pakistan Prime Minister and his wife Bushra Bibi have been convicted of accepting a gift of land from a real estate tycoon in exchange for laundered money when he was in power.

Supporters of Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan staged a protest Friday in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, calling for his release after a court sentenced him to 14 years in jail.

A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 14 and seven years in prison, respectively, after finding them guilty of corruption in the 190 million pounds al-Qadir Trust case.