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.

Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison over a corruption case, in the latest of a series of charges laid against him. The case has been described by Pakistani authorities as the largest the country has seen - though the country has seen huge financial scandals in the past,

A Pakistani court sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment on Friday in a land corruption case, while his wife, increasingly visible in their political party's politics, received a seven-year sentence.