Bushra Bibi gets relief from court till Sept 12

Accountability court grants pre-arrest bail in graft case


Our Correspondent August 29, 2023
Bushra Bibi travelled to Islamabad accompanied by her legal team to appear before the JIT that is investigating the Toshakhana case on August 15. PHOTO: FILE

ISLAMABAD:

An accountability court in Islamabad granted pre-arrest bail on Tuesday to Bushra Bibi, wife of former premier Imran Khan till September 12.

Bushra Bibi appeared before the court along with her lawyers Latif Khosa and Intizar Hussain Panjutha. The court approved her bail plea against a surety bond of Rs500,000.

Duty Judge Abul Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain announced the verdict as Judge Muhammad Bashir was on leave.

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Bushra Bibi is implicated in multiple graft cases including the Toshakhana and Al-Qadir University Trust cases.

Meanwhile, former premier and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran was directed to be kept in the judicial lockup after the Islamabad High Court suspended the three-year prison term awarded to him by a district court in the Toshakhana case.

He is due to appear tomorrow (Wednesday) before a special court constituted to hear cases pertaining to the Official Secrets Act (Amendment) 2023 in connection with the cipher case.

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