The court docket postponed the listening to of the instances from Might 9 to August 22, 2024. | Picture credit score: AP
Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court docket on Monday (12 August 2024) rejected the bail software of Bushra Bibi, the spouse of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in 12 instances associated to the Might 9, 2023 violence.
Anti-Terrorism Court docket Decide Malik Ejaz Asif, after listening to Bushra Bibi’s plea, stated {that a} thorough investigation was obligatory in her case and subsequently dismissed her bail software. The decide additionally ordered that the investigation in her case be accomplished inside seven days.
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Mr Khan and Ms Bushra had been current in court docket together with dozens of different defendants who’ve been named as suspects within the Might 9 violence, which erupted when the previous prime minister was detained by authorities in Islamabad.
The court docket later postponed the listening to of the instances from Might 9 to August 22, 2024.
Mr Khan (71) has been incarcerated in Adiala jail for over a yr after being convicted in a number of instances. His spouse Ms Bushra, 49, can also be incarcerated together with him.
Khan faces greater than 200 instances and has been convicted in a number of of them. Though the previous cricketer-turned-politician had been granted bail or had his conviction quashed, he has not been launched.
