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Pakistani Ex-PM's Wife Moved From House Arrest To Jail, Lawyer Says


Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi (file photo)
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi (file photo)

A Pakistani court ordered former Prime Minister Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi on May 8 to shift to a jail from house arrest, her lawyer said. Bibi, who had been detained at Khan's hilltop mansion in Islamabad since they both were convicted earlier this year on charges of selling state gifts illegally, had challenged the house arrest, her lawyer Naeem Panjutha posted on social media platform X, formerly Twitter.

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