Overview
- A petition filed Tuesday asks the Islamabad High Court to set an early hearing on suspending Bushra Bibi’s seven-year sentence in the £190 million case.
- The filing argues that bail and suspension pleas must be prioritized under judicial policy and that delay contravenes the Women Protection Act and Supreme Court rulings.
- The National Accountability Bureau has been named as a respondent in the application.
- In a related proceeding, Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir directed jail officials to arrange an immediate meeting between Imran Khan and lawyer Salman Akram Raja after counsel reported being denied access.
- The court circulated a jail report to all parties as the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency sought more time to respond to a petition seeking to block Khan’s X account.