On Thursday, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) reserved its verdict on the petition filed by ex-pm Imran Khan’s (71) wife Bushra Bibi requesting her transfer to the high-security Adiala Jail, where her husband is imprisoned.
After conviction in multiple cases, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Khan has been lodged at Adiala Jail at Rawalpindi. However, Bushra Bibi (49) is presently jailed at Bani Gala (Khan’s home in Islamabad)The house was turned into a sub-jail since the couple was sentenced in the ‘un-Islamic nikah’ case in February.
After listening to the arguments from both sides, Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb of the IHC reserved the verdict in the petition requesting Bushra Bibi’s transfer from the Bani Gala sub-jail to the Adiala jail, said The News International.
Overcrowded jail
The court stated that the Adiala Jail Superintendent had informed that they could not accommodate the ex-PM’s wife as the jail was already overcrowded.
Bushra Bibi, on February 6, questioned the authorities’ move to imprison her at the residence to serve the 14-year sentence.
In the petition, Bushra Bibi argued that like other political workers of the PTI party, she was ready and willing to serve her sentence in the ordinary jail premises at Adiala Jail, “rather than the declared sub-jail at her residence.” Moreover, the ex-PM’s wife said she felt “unsafe” being imprisoned alone in the premises of the sub-jail due to the possible security issues.