Islamabad, May 9: A Pakistani court has ruled that Bushra Bibi, former First Lady of Pakistan and wife of Imran Khan, be transferred from her private residence to Adiala Jail, where Khan is incarcerated. Bibi’s detention at her residence designated as a sub-jail was deemed “null and void.” The verdict is seen as a legal victory for both Bibi and Khan, who have faced multiple legal challenges since Khan’s removal from power in 2022.In a major legal victory for Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi, a high court here on Wednesday ordered the former first lady’s transfer from her private residence, designated as a sub-jail, to the Adiala jail where the ex-premier is incarcerated.
Bushra Bibi, 49, had been incarcerated at Banigala, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder’s mansion in the suburbs of Islamabad, after conviction in two cases while Khan, 71, was kept at the high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.