RAWALPINDI: Dismissing the acquittal pleas filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, in the new Toshakhana case, a special court of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday announced that the couple would be indicted in the said case on November 18.
The court had reserved its verdict on the suspect’s acquittal pleas on November 8.
The case at hand pertains to an alleged illegal sale of a jewellery set gifted to Bushra Bibi by the Saudi crown prince when her husband Imran Khan was the prime minister of the country from 2018 to 2022.
However, it is not to be mixed with the first Toshakhana case wherein the couple was sentenced to 14 years in prison and was handed down a fine of Rs1.57 billion — Rs787 million each — in January.
The couple’s sentence in the first (old) Toshakhana case was suspended by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in April.
This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.
