An accountability court on Monday sent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, to jail on a 15-day judicial remand in a new Toshakhana reference.
The hearing, held at the Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, was conducted by Accountability Court Judge Nasir Javed Rana.
The judge has also ordered to produce both Imran and his wife before the court on September 2. The couple made their appearance Monday after the completion of their 10-day physical remand. The physical remand was approved by the court on August 8.
During the hearing of the case, the accused submitted a written answer in the court in response to the questionnaire by the National Accountability Bureau.
The former prime minister and the ex-first lady were represented by their lawyers Zaheer Abbas Chaudhary and Salman Safdar. NAB Deputy Director Mohsen Haroon and Special Prosecutor Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi also appeared at the court to present their arguments.
The new Toshakhana reference against the couple came to the fore after NAB arrested them hours after a district and sessions court in Islamabad acquitted Khan and Bushra in the iddat case — also known as the un-Islamic nikah case — which was the last hurdle in the couple’s release from jail.
