Court orders transfer of Imran Khan’s wife to same jail 

A Pakistan court has granted a request by the wife of former Prime Minister Imran Khan to shift to jail instead of house arrest.

Her lawyer Naeem Panjutha said this on social media platform X on Wednesday. 

Bushra Bibi, detained at Khan’s hilltop mansion in Islamabad since the couple's January conviction on charges of illegally selling state gifts, had challenged the house arrest, her lawyer said.

Through her lawyers Bibi had filed an appeal in the Islamabad High Court, asking to be shifted to the jail.

The court ordered authorities to shift her to Adyala jail in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where Khan, 70, a former cricket superstar, is serving his 14-year sentence, his party said in a statement.

The party said Bibi had complained of being served contaminated food by the authorities at the house, which was declared a sub-jail.