Bushra Bibi wants solitary meeting with Imran Khan

In a notable development, Bushra Bibi, former First Lady, and the wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, has submitted a request to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking permission for a solitary meeting with her husband, reported Geo News.

The request filed by Bushra Bibi in the IHC emphasises the legal constraints that hinder private interactions on domestic matters.

The application states that the court has granted permission for meetings with Chairman PTI every Tuesday.

It further states that discussions on personal matters are challenging in the presence of prison officials. 

Bushra Bibi, in her plea, implores the court to issue specific instructions to the Superintendent of Adiala Jail, ensuring that solitary meetings are facilitated in accordance with legal provisions.

The former prime minister is currently being held in Adiala Jail after his arrest from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore on August 5.

He was moved to the prison on September 26 from Attock Jail where he was initially kept after his arrest.

Khan was first convicted by a lower court in the Toshakhana case in August and sentenced to three years of imprisonment. The IHC suspended his sentence the same month.

The Islamabad accountability court issued arrest warrants for PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the Toshakhana and £ 190 million Al-Qadir Trust cases on Tuesday.

Khan was arrested in the Al-Qadir Trust case on May 9 for the first time.

The £ 190 million (approximately Rs60 billion) settlement case pertains to the money of property tycoon, Malik Riaz, being laundered and caught by the UK authorities during Imran’s government in 2019. 

The UK government had informed the Pakistani authorities regarding the money being caught.

The former premier is already in prison as he was subsequently booked in the ‘cipher’ case.

In the cipher case, Khan, along with his close aide and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, has been accused of leaking state secrets.