Naveed Ahmad Khan

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sent on six-day physical remand in a new Toshakhana case.

As per details, the accountability court judge Muhammad Ali Warraich announced the reserved verdict on pleas seeking physical remand of the former PM Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi.

The court also ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to conduct an investigation from the incarcerated PTI founder and his wife.

Earlier today, the Ministry of Law and Justice issued a notification approving a jail trial against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the new Toshakhana case.

The notification was issued after the approval of the federal government.

According to the notification issued under Section 16-B of the NAB Ordinance 1999, the trial will be held in jail due to security concerns.

Yesterday, Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were arrested in a fresh National Accountability Bureau (NAB) reference related to Toshakhana, hours after their acquittal in the Iddat case.

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The NAB team headed by Deputy Director Mohsin Haroon arrested Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi from the Adiala Jail, the sources privy to the development added. The NAB team also recorded the initial statements from the PTI founder and his wife.

Meanwhile, the NAB team re-arrested Bushra Bibi shortly after her release from the Adiala Jail.

The PTI founder’s wife was released from jail since it was mandatory after the issuance of the release order. After officially arresting Bushra Bibi, the NAB team left the Adiala Jail.

The development came after the Islamabad district and sessions court accepted the appeals filed by former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi against their conviction in the Iddat case.

The couple was sentenced to seven years in prison and awarded a fine of Rs500,000 each, in February earlier this year after a trial court found their nikah to be fraudulent.

The verdict clears the last existing legal hurdle keeping the deposed prime minister in jail. His sentences in the two Toshakhana cases were suspended while he was acquitted by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in the cipher case.