Overview
- A special court handed Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi 17-year sentences in the Toshakhana-II case on Saturday, a ruling the PTI denounced as illegitimate.
- PTI rallies and a sit-in outside Adiala Jail followed repeated refusals of family visits, with sections of Adiala Road blocked before the protest concluded.
- Rawalpindi authorities deployed over 1,300 personnel and booked 26 people, including PTI leader Seemabia Tahir, under MPO, Section 144 and multiple penal code provisions.
- A local court extended interim bail for Imran and Bushra in May 9 and other cases until January 27 and ordered Imran to appear next time in person or by video link.
- PTI lawyers say jail officials are preventing them from securing Imran’s signatures for an appeal, and Imran has called for a nationwide street movement against what he terms “Asim Law.”