Bushra Bibi, the spouse of Imran Khan, ‘demands’ a medical examination due to self-reported heartburn and throat problems

Bushra Bibi, the former first lady of Pakistan, petitioned the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday, requesting a medical examination and tests from Shaukat Khanum Hospital or any other private hospital of her choosing to determine whether or not she had consumed tainted food. Dawn reported on this development.

Bushra Bibi said in her appeal that she feels poisoned foods are to blame for her mouth and throat problems, as well as her heartburn.

She said that in her Banigala home, which Dawn claims has been turned into a sub-jail, she has been psychologically tortured and poisoned.

Furthermore, the petitioner claimed that Imran Khan, the founder of the PTI, was being pressured by the government to have her removed. She also claimed that her privacy had been violated by the prison administration’s installation of closed-circuit cameras in her restroom, as reported by News International.

Dawn said that the petitioner claimed she was not given enough time to speak with her attorneys and relatives.

Additionally, Bushra Bibi has contested her transfer to Adiala Jail; the IHC is now reviewing a petition pertaining to this issue. She also asked the authorities to make sure that her basic rights be protected.

In the Iddat case, the complainant’s attorney, Khawar Farid Maneka, persisted in arguing in favor of Imran Khan’s and his wife Bushra Bibi’s conviction and sentencing.

Salman Akram Raja, Khan’s attorney, sought the court to end Raja Rizwan Abbasi, the complainant’s attorney, from making any arguments.

Raja said that Abbasi was dragging out the matter.

Abbasi read out the trial court’s decision during the arguments and said that the three main witnesses in the case were Latif, Khawar Maneka’s domestic helper, Aun Chaudhry, who saw the Nikkah ceremony, and Mufti Saeed, who solemnized the Nikkah.

He said that while Maneka’s allegation led to the addition of Section 496-B (fornication) to the accusations against Khan and his wife, the trial court removed this offense from the charges when formulating them.

He asked the court to postpone the hearing until May, arguing that he would help the trial court with Section 496 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). It would take him at least four or five hours, he claimed, to wrap up the debate.

Raja, however, drew attention to the fact that if the trial went into the night, the arguments for the conviction may be heard beyond the scheduled court hours. However, he requested a one-day adjournment from Judge Shahrukh Arjumand.

The judge retorted that he had a whole week’s worth of work ahead of him since the courts were closed for the Eid holidays.