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Pakistan·Human Rights

Bushra Bibi seeks sentence suspension on medical grounds after undisclosed eye surgery

Saturday, 18 April 2026, 16:08 · 1 min read

Bushra Bibi, wife of jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, has petitioned the Islamabad High Court (Pakistan's federal capital appellate court) to suspend her sentence in the £190 million corruption case, citing deteriorating health. Her lawyers allege she underwent retinal detachment surgery at a Rawalpindi hospital without prior consent or notification to her family or legal team, and that jail authorities subsequently denied access to counsel and withheld medical records. Bushra is currently serving a seven-year sentence in the case, which relates to alleged undue favours granted to a property developer in exchange for recovering laundered funds from the United Kingdom, and faces a separate 17-year sentence handed down in December 2025 in a case involving a jewellery set gifted to Imran by the Saudi crown prince.

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DawnBushra Bibi moves IHC seeking to suspend sentence in £190m corruption case on medical grounds ↗︎
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