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- May 2, 2024
- Kainat Shakeel
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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) postponed its decision on Thursday over a petition filed by Bushra Bibi, the wife of former premier Imran Khan, asking to be transferred from her Banigala home, which had been designated a sub-jail, to Adiala Jail. In this jail, her husband is being held. A plea for the restoration of the petition was filed the same day, even though it had been dismissed last month because the former first lady’s attorneys had neglected to show up for court. Following her and Imran’s 14-year jail term in the Toshakhana matter, an accountability court in Islamabad placed the former first lady under arrest on January 31.
She is still held in the Iddat case even though the IHC suspended their sentences in the Toshakhana reference on April 1. In other circumstances, Imran is still behind bars. Bushra had come to Adiala Jail, where the team from the National Accountability Bureau was already there, to turn himself into the police, following the Toshakhana ruling. It was the anti-graft watchdog that later arrested her. However, following a late-night notification designating it as a sub-jail, she was relocated to her Banigala residence. Her move to the property has been discussed for weeks because she and her spouse did not apply to have the house designated as a sub-jail.
Bushra Bibi had contested the residence’s classification as a sub-jail and pleaded with the IHC to allow her to serve the remainder of her 14-year sentence in Adiala Jail, about a week after her detention. The management of Adiala Jail had objected to her being sent back to the prison in a later session, saying that the former first lady’s security was at risk due to overcrowding. Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb had questioned in March if Imran had been consulted before the authorities turned his Banigala home into a sub-jail. Usman Gill represented Bushra Bibi during the hearing today, which was chaired by Justice Aurangzeb.