Court to hear petitions of Imran, wife for sentence suspension

Court to hear sentence suspension bids of PTI founder, wife

ISLAMABAD:

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has set a hearing date for the miscellaneous applications seeking early hearing on the suspension of sentences for former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi in the £190 million case.

The IHC registrar has scheduled the applications for today (Thursday) and IHC Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Azam Khan will hear the case. An application had also been filed seeking early hearing of the PTI founder's sentence suspension plea on medical grounds.

The main case has not yet been fixed, only the miscellaneous applications have been scheduled for hearing. The last hearing on the suspension of sentence applications was held on September 26, 2025.

The PTI founder has already filed a petition in the IHC seeking suspension of sentence and release on bail in the Toshakhana-II case which is also called the Bulgari set case. A miscellaneous application has also been filed for early fixing of the sentence suspension case in the £190 million matter.

Earlier this month, two separate bail applications were filed in the IHC on behalf of the PTI founder through Barrister Salman Safdar and Advocate KhalidYousaf Chaudhry.

The petitions stated that Imran is suffering from a serious disease in his right eye. Dr Muhammad Arif of PIMS diagnosed that due to a blood clot, the right eye has been severely affected and vision has reduced to only 15 percent. The disease cannot be properly treated inside jail.

The petition further stated that the PTI founder is 73 years old and should be released on bail.