ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi has been granted interim bail in the cases filed against her over the party’s November 26 protest.
Duty Judge Shabbir Bhatti granted bail to the former first lady till January 13 on a surety bond of Rs 50,000 during a hearing at the District and Sessions Court of Islamabad on Thursday.
The former first lady appeared in the court along with her legal team. Cases are registered in Tarnool police station and Ramna police station, with one and three FIRs registered respectively.
Bushra, accompanied by her legal team, appeared in court during the hearing of the cases filed against her at Tarnool Police Station and Ramna Police Station, which included a total of four First Information Reports.
Last week, on Saturday, the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Rawalpindi granted interim bail to the former first lady in 32 cases related to the November 26 protests. These cases were registered in different police stations of Rawalpindi, Attock and Chakwal.
The couple, along with other central party leaders, are also facing a “triple murder case” involving the deaths of three Rangers personnel who were allegedly hit by a vehicle during a protest.
Khan, Bushra, along with other senior PTI leaders, are facing several cases related to the former ruling party’s recent riots in Islamabad last month, which were aimed at securing the release of the PTI founder. , which resulted in the party’s hasty retreat after the government’s midnight crackdown. Protesters
Party protesters were dispersed from Islamabad’s red zone following a crackdown by law enforcers, while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and PTI founder Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi from the protest site. They escaped.
Law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 1,000 party supporters who stormed the federal capital demanding their release, the city’s police chief said. Reuters On November 27
With the government criticizing the Khan-founded party for using “militant tactics” in a Home Ministry report, the PTI called for a judicial commission to investigate the incidents. which allegedly resulted in the death of several workers, as alleged by them. The party