Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf lawyer Barrister Salman Safdar said he met incarcerated party leader Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, at Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail in a 40 minute meeting facilitated by authorities on Monday.
In a post on X, Safdar said he was meeting Imran Khan after seven months and Bushra Bibi after 11 months, following multiple requests for access. He said the meeting was not long enough to cover all the legal matters facing the couple, but they gave him fresh instructions on their cases and briefed him on their health and living conditions.
Imran Khan has remained incarcerated in connection with multiple cases since his arrest in August 2023, while Bushra Bibi was arrested in January 2025. Both are serving sentences in separate cases, including the £190 million Al Qadir Trust corruption case and the Toshakhana II case, which concerns allegations that they retained a Bulgari jewellery set gifted by the Saudi crown prince during an official visit. Imran Khan also faces pending trials under the Anti Terrorism Act in connection with the May 9, 2023 protests.
Although the Islamabad High Court has allowed Imran Khan to hold twice weekly meetings with his family, lawyers and associates, access to him has remained restricted in recent months. The restrictions have been a point of tension for PTI, which has repeatedly demanded greater access to its jailed founder.
Those tensions escalated in October when PTI launched a long march towards Islamabad, led by then Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. The march came amid the imposition of emergency and governor's rule in the province, which rendered the PTI led provincial government non functional and ended Afridi's ability to exercise the powers of chief minister.
Safdar's meeting with Imran and Bushra on Monday came against that backdrop, after months of restricted access to the couple. While the meeting allowed Safdar to receive fresh instructions and discuss their legal cases and conditions in custody, he said the time was insufficient to address all the legal matters facing them.
