Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan met his sister and wife for the first time in nine months at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail after the country’s Supreme Court allowed weekly family meetings for the jailed leader amid concerns over his health.
Separately, Khan’s jailed wife Bushra Bibi also met with her family on Tuesday in a conference room in the jail. Bushra Bibi, also imprisoned at Adiala Jail, met with her family as well. The children are from her first marriage, which ended in divorce, and she married Khan.
Jail sources told Express Tribune that Khan’s meeting with his wife lasted around 30 to 35 minutes. Her meeting with her children Musa and Mubashara Maneka and sister-in-law Mehrunnisa lasted 40 minutes.
More details regarding the meeting were not issued, as the Supreme Court, in its order, had warned the concerned parties that using the meeting for political gain would result in withdrawal of relief granted to Khan. Khan, who is the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party, has been in Adiala Jail since 2023, facing several cases. He is currently serving a 14-year sentence in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case.
Noreen also informed him about the Supreme Court’s earlier order to shift him to Shifa International Hospital for a medical checkup, they added.
