A Pakistani Court Issues An Order To Arrest PM Imran Khan's Wife For Ricuh Demonstration

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JAKARTA - A Pakistani court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against the wife of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi, in a corruption case.

Reuters reported local TV ARY News, reporting this warrant could cause Bushra to be re-arrested two months after he was released on bail.

Bushra Khan, better known as Bushra Bibi, a term showing respect, was released from prison in October after being detained for nine months over an ongoing case involving the sale of state gifts illegally during her husband's term from 2018 to 2022.

Neither he nor Khan, who are currently in prison pending another trial, were accused of selling gifts worth more than 140 million rupees Khan received during his tenure as prime minister and belonged to the state. They both denied the allegations.

Bibi (50), who mobilized thousands of supporters of the Khan, Pakistan party, Tereek-e-Insaf (PTI) to demand her release during a massive protest last month, was forced to flee to the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is controlled by the party. after paramilitary forces dispersed protests in Islamabad.

A court in Islamabad issued a new warrant on his behalf in the same case on Thursday, ARY News reported, potentially allowing the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), a Pakistani anti-corruption agency, which has jurisdictions across the country, to arrest him.

The protests turned violent and Khan's party accused, without immediately providing evidence, that hundreds of its supporters suffered gunshot wounds, causing a number of people to die.

The government denied it and said no protesters had been killed.