{"id":8108,"date":"2026-11-10T11:50:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T11:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=8108"},"modified":"2026-11-10T11:50:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T11:50:34","slug":"ihc-allows-lawyers-to-meet-imran-khan-bushra-bibi-in-adiala-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=8108","title":{"rendered":"IHC Allows Lawyers to Meet Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi in Adiala Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ISLAMABAD<\/strong>: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has allowed former prime minister Imran Khan&#8217;s lawyer Salman Safdar and his wife Bushra Bibi&#8217;s lawyer Sardar Latif Khosa to meet their clients in Rawalpindi&#8217;s Adiala Jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court directed jail authorities to arrange a one-hour meeting between the lawyers and the former prime minister and Bushra Bibi tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A two-member bench headed by IHC Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar issued the order while hearing the convicts&#8217; appeals against their sentences in the \u00a3190 million (Al-Qadir Trust) case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the hearing, the court told Salman Safdar that it was granting the meeting in accordance with the law, and cautioned that he should not later return asking for five more people to be added to those visiting Imran Khan in Adiala Jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chief justice asked Safdar why he wanted another meeting when he had met Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi only a few days earlier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Safdar replied that the time had been insufficient, so another meeting with his client was necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court first allowed Sardar Latif Khosa to meet Bushra Bibi and Imran Khan, and then granted Salman Safdar permission to meet his client as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier during the hearing, Safdar said Bushra Bibi told him that authorities had taken her for surgery six months ago and were now planning another operation on November 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He called for a medical board to be formed on her health, noting that jail authorities had acknowledged before the Supreme Court that she has an eye problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Safdar said he has not yet filed a bail petition on medical grounds, adding that courts have always taken a lenient view in cases involving women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said Bushra Bibi&#8217;s treatment is not possible in jail, and that he would argue the appeals once she has been treated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamabad Advocate General Naveed Malik told the court that Bushra Bibi is receiving treatment in jail, that medical care is everyone&#8217;s basic right, and that the government is not neglecting its responsibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He submitted details of the medical facilities provided to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imran Khan&#8217;s lawyer requested that the court seek these details from jail authorities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said it was wrong that a woman underwent emergency surgery and was sent back to her cell the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Safdar said he would begin arguments on the appeal once Bushra Bibi recovers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naveed Malik informed the court that a medical board had also examined her on November 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has allowed former prime minister Imran Khan&#8217;s lawyer Salman Safdar and his wife Bushra Bibi&#8217;s lawyer Sardar Latif Khosa to meet their clients in&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2023,186,63],"class_list":["post-8108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-bushra-bibi","tag-imran-khan","tag-pti"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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