Former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, will be indicted in the bogus and politically motivated Toshakhana 2 case on November 18.
A Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) special court announced the couple’s indictment date and rejected the former prime minister’s and former first lady’s acquittal arguments in the case.
On November 8, the court postponed making a decision about the suspects’ requests of acquittal.
The issue concerns the purported unlawful sale of a jewelry set that Bushra received as a gift from the Saudi crown prince during her husband Khan’s tenure as prime minister from 2018 to 2022.
It should not be confused with the initial Toshakhana case, in which the couple was fined Rs1.57 billion, or Rs787 million each, and given a 14-year jail sentence in January.
In April, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) stayed the couple’s sentence in the original (old) Toshakhana case.
As the former first lady was freed from Adiala jail last month following a month-long incarceration after the IHC granted her bail request against Rs1 million surety bonds, the indictment date in the new Toshakhana case was announced.
