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Bushra Bibi’s non-bailable arrest warrants issued in £190m case

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RAWALPINDI: An accountability court on Friday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Bushra Bibi, the wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, in connection with the £190 million settlement case.

Judge Nasir Javed Rana instructed police to arrest the former first lady and present her before the court on November 26.

A trial court judge issued the arrest warrants for Bushra Bibi for her continued absence from the case’s proceedings for at least eight hearings being heard at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.

During the hearing, Bushra Bibi’s lawyers sought an exemption for his client from today’s proceeding on a medical basis, citing a report from Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital.

However, the NAB official raised objections, stating that Bibi’s medical reports were issued by a hospital in Peshawar, while the notary attestation was done in Islamabad.

Moreover, both Imran Khan and Bushra failed to submit their statement under Section 342 of CrPC, 1898. The couple had been handed over a 79-point questionnaire provided for final statements at the second last hearing of this case.

The court also issued a show-cause notice to the guarantor of Bushra’s bail.

Digital Desk

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