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This fake smuggling case was one of the main reasons why Imran Khan had to part ways with the great Jemima Khan, a smuggler and a Yehudi per Noon League:
Tuesday, January 12, 1999 Published at 16:02 GMT
Jemima Khan charged with smuggling
Jemima Khan: Charged with trying to export tiles
Jemima Khan, the wife of the former cricket star Imran Khan, has been charged in Pakistan with illegally exporting hundreds of antique tiles.
Imran Khan: "These charges are politically inspired"
More than 300 tiles on their way to Jemima Khan's mother in London, Lady Annabel Goldsmith, were intercepted by customs officials in Lahore.
Archaeological officials declared them to be three to four hundred year-old antiques of paramount archaeological interest.
But the Khans say they bought the tiles in a shop in the capital, Islamabad, for $570 after being assured by the shopkeeper that they had no historical value.
Imran Khan, who now heads an opposition political movement, accused the government of a malicious campaign to undermine his political activities.
Addressing a press conference, he said that if his wife intended to smuggle something out of the country, she would not have been likely to send the tiles in clearly marked packages through legal channels.
According to Imran Khan, a receipt for the tiles in question was presented to Customs officials, but they held the gift item on the pretext that the tiles were antique, and perhaps stolen.
He said that the customs officials were trying to give the impression that all politicians indulge in corruption.
Imran Khan's Pakistan Movement for Justice party had a very poor showing in its first poll in 1997.
BBC News | South Asia | Jemima Khan charged with smuggling
Fake charges were eventually dropped a year later, but forced Jemima Khan to stay out of the country in fear of being arrested by Gullu Butt police of PMLN:
Wednesday, 5 April, 2000, 20:29 GMT 21:29 UK
Pakistani court exonerates Jemima Khan
Reports from Lahore say a Pakistani court has dropped smuggling charges against Jemima Khan, the wife of the politician and former cricketer, Imran Khan.
Agence France Presse said the Lahore High Court quashed a case in which Mrs Khan was accused of trying to export antique tiles illegally.
Mrs Khan -- the daughter of the late British businessman, Sir James Goldsmith -- pleaded in a petition to the court that the charge was fabricated under the government of the ousted prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, to harass and damage her husband.
The Ministry of Culture and Archaeology verified that the tiles in the case were not antiques.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Pakistani court exonerates Jemima Khan
So when will Noon League apologize to Jemima and Imran for their loss of marriage because of this fake smuggling case?
Note: These so-called antique tiles can still be found outside Imran Khan's House in Bani Gala, Islamabad.
Tuesday, January 12, 1999 Published at 16:02 GMT
Jemima Khan charged with smuggling
Jemima Khan: Charged with trying to export tiles
Jemima Khan, the wife of the former cricket star Imran Khan, has been charged in Pakistan with illegally exporting hundreds of antique tiles.
Imran Khan: "These charges are politically inspired"
More than 300 tiles on their way to Jemima Khan's mother in London, Lady Annabel Goldsmith, were intercepted by customs officials in Lahore.
Archaeological officials declared them to be three to four hundred year-old antiques of paramount archaeological interest.
But the Khans say they bought the tiles in a shop in the capital, Islamabad, for $570 after being assured by the shopkeeper that they had no historical value.
Imran Khan, who now heads an opposition political movement, accused the government of a malicious campaign to undermine his political activities.
Addressing a press conference, he said that if his wife intended to smuggle something out of the country, she would not have been likely to send the tiles in clearly marked packages through legal channels.
According to Imran Khan, a receipt for the tiles in question was presented to Customs officials, but they held the gift item on the pretext that the tiles were antique, and perhaps stolen.
He said that the customs officials were trying to give the impression that all politicians indulge in corruption.
Imran Khan's Pakistan Movement for Justice party had a very poor showing in its first poll in 1997.
BBC News | South Asia | Jemima Khan charged with smuggling
Fake charges were eventually dropped a year later, but forced Jemima Khan to stay out of the country in fear of being arrested by Gullu Butt police of PMLN:
Wednesday, 5 April, 2000, 20:29 GMT 21:29 UK
Pakistani court exonerates Jemima Khan
Reports from Lahore say a Pakistani court has dropped smuggling charges against Jemima Khan, the wife of the politician and former cricketer, Imran Khan.
Agence France Presse said the Lahore High Court quashed a case in which Mrs Khan was accused of trying to export antique tiles illegally.
Mrs Khan -- the daughter of the late British businessman, Sir James Goldsmith -- pleaded in a petition to the court that the charge was fabricated under the government of the ousted prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, to harass and damage her husband.
The Ministry of Culture and Archaeology verified that the tiles in the case were not antiques.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Pakistani court exonerates Jemima Khan
So when will Noon League apologize to Jemima and Imran for their loss of marriage because of this fake smuggling case?
Note: These so-called antique tiles can still be found outside Imran Khan's House in Bani Gala, Islamabad.