{"id":68991,"date":"2024-03-08T21:22:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T21:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ihc-wonders-if-imran-was-asked-before-his-home-declared-sub-jail\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T21:22:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T21:22:04","slug":"ihc-wonders-if-imran-was-asked-before-his-home-declared-sub-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ihc-wonders-if-imran-was-asked-before-his-home-declared-sub-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"IHC wonders if Imran was asked before his home declared sub-jail"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) has asked if the authorities sought permission from former prime minister Imran Khan before converting his Bani Gala residence into a sub-jail.<\/p>\n

IHC Justice Miangul Hassan Aurang\u00adzeb made the remarks on Thursday while hearing the petition of Mr Khan\u2019s wife, Bushra Bibi, to transfer<\/a> her from the Bani Gala residence to Adiala Jail.<\/p>\n

She is currently serving a 14- and seven-year term in the Toshakhana<\/a> reference and the iddat<\/a> case, respectively.<\/p>\n

The petition stated that Ms Bibi was shifted to the Bani Gala residence despite not making any request to designate her house as a sub-jail and that the action was implemented by the Islamabad chief commissioner exercising his discretion.<\/p>\n

The former first lady stated that she doesn\u2019t feel secure at the house where she claimed to have been confined alone as unidentified persons roamed around the place.<\/p>\n

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Court seeks report on Bushra Bibi\u2019s living conditions<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

During the hearing on Thursday, Jus\u00adtice Aurangzeb asked if the district adm\u00adinistration sought the owner\u2019s permission, which was a precondition, before declaring private premises a sub-jail.<\/p>\n

Ms Bibi\u2019s counsel, Usman Gill, informed the judge that the former prime minister owned the house and it was converted into a sub-jail without his permission.<\/p>\n

The judge further inquired whether the convict was allowed to walk outside of her room, to which her counsel replied in negative.<\/p>\n

She has been confined to a room and not allowed to move outside, the counsel claimed.<\/p>\n

Later, the court directed a senior official of Adiala Jail to visit the sub-jail and sought a report on Ms Bibi\u2019s living condition<\/a> and her meetings with her spouse after their arrest.<\/p>\n

The former prime minister and his wife were sentenced by a special court in the case of illegal sale of state gifts on Jan 31.<\/p>\n

With Mr Khan already imprisoned, Ms Bibi surrendered to jail authorities on the same day at 10am.<\/p>\n

How\u00adever, she was moved to Mr Khan\u2019s Bani Gala home after it was declared sub-jail in a late-night notification.<\/p>\n

The shifting of Ms Bibi to the Bani Gala residence has been under discussion for weeks as she and her husband denied submitting any application to declare the residence as a sub-jail.<\/p>\n

In an earlier hearing, the Adiala Jail administration opposed moving her back to the prison, claiming that overcrowding posed security threats for the former first lady.<\/p>\n

Published in Dawn, March 8th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) has asked if the authorities sought permission from former prime minister Imran Khan before converting his Bani Gala residence into a sub-jail. IHC Justice Miangul Hassan Aurang\u00adzeb made the remarks on Thursday while hearing the petition of Mr Khan\u2019s wife, Bushra Bibi, to transfer her from the Bani Gala residence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/03\/08101037f619c0a.png?r=101120","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t