Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan (proper) and Bushra Bibi, his spouse. | Photograph credit score: AP
Bushra Bibi, spouse of Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, was launched on bail on Thursday (October 24, 2024), nearly 9 months after her arrest within the Toshakhana corruption case.
The discharge got here a day after Islamabad Excessive Courtroom Choose Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb accepted the 50-year-old former first girl’s bail plea on PKR 1 million bail.
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Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) celebration confirmed Bushra’s launch in a WhatsApp message. “Bushra Bibi, the previous First Woman, has been launched from jail,” he mentioned, including that she was first arrested on January 31.
Bushra was arrested after a court docket convicted and sentenced the couple to 14 years in jail in a corruption case.
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The Toshakhana case includes corruption allegations towards Khan and his spouse for receiving earnings from the sale of presents obtained from overseas dignitaries.
Earlier, Justice Aurangzeb, whereas listening to the bail software, had questioned the investigation officer of the Federal Investigation Company (FIA) in regards to the want for additional questioning of the previous first girl. The officer confirmed that no additional investigation was required.
Bushra is Khan’s third spouse and a non secular healer.
In the meantime, the arraignment towards Khan and Bushra, scheduled for Wednesday, was postponed on account of safety issues because the listening to that was to happen on the high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi was shifted to the Islamabad Judicial Complicated.
Nonetheless, safety issues continued to impede the proceedings and the court docket rescheduled the arraignment for October 26.
Bushra’s launch comes as a aid to the PTI and to Khan, who has been insisting that his spouse had nothing to do with the case.
Printed – October 24, 2024 04:54 pm IST
