Counsel for Imran, Bushra challenges IHC order setting deadline for arguments in £190m case

ISLAMABAD: In a major development in the £190 million case which has been taken up by the Islamabad High Court (IHC), the lawyers representing the jailed PTI chairman Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have questioned the court’s decision regarding the time limit to be set for arguments in their appeal cases.

The ex-Pakistan cricket team captain, who is being held since August 5, 2023, after his conviction in the £190m case or also known as the Al-Qadir Trust case, has been handed a 14-year imprisonment at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail in the above case.

An accountability court in Islamabad had convicted Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi in the case and sentenced them to 14 and seven years in prison on January 17, 2025, respectively. Later on, both of them appealed against their respective sentences to the IHC.

Earlier in May, the IHC had turned down their requests for suspension of sentences in the case after noting that their main appeals in the case were fixed for hearing.

Barrister Salman Safdar filed two separate miscellaneous petitions on behalf of the PTI founder and Bushra Bibi, contending that the April 30 order imposing a time limit for arguments was “harsh, unjustified and unfair” given the facts and circumstances of the case.