Former prime minister Imran Khan\u2019s wife Bushra Bibi on Friday urged the Supreme Court to take \u201cserious notice\u201d of the alleged threat to her husband\u2019s life during his incarceration, citing a considerable decline in his health during a meeting with him in Attock jail. She made the request in an affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court through her representative Advocate Syed Rifaqat Hussain Shah today, which recounted her meeting with her husband on August 22. It comes after similar concerns were raised by her in a letter to the Punjab government last week, in which she voiced fears that her husband could be \u201cpoisoned\u201d in Attock jail. On Aug 5, an Islamabad trial court had convicted Imran in a case pertaining to concealing details of state gifts and sentenced him to three years in prison. Soon after the verdict, he was arrested by the Punjab police from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore and taken to the prison in Attock. In the affidavit submitted,\u00a0it was highlighted that Bushra was allowed to meet Imran \u201cafter unwarranted delays and difficulties\u201d on Aug 22, 2023, at the Attock jail. It added that \u201cduring the course of the meeting, the petitioner expressed his determination to stand for the Constitution and Rule of Law in Pakistan and to offer any sacrifice and suffer any privation or hardship for his beloved country\u201d. The affidavit stated that during her meeting, Bushra \u201cfound a significant decline in the petitioner\u2019s health\u201d and that he \u201cappears to have lost weight substantially during the course of his confinement, particularly loss of muscles around his arms\u201d. \u201cSuch a decline in the health of a person in his 70s can be a serious danger to his life,\u201d it added. \u201cThat without going into details and keeping in view the totality of circumstances observed by the deponent, it is feared that the petitioner\u2019s life is seriously threatened for which it is humbly prayed that this honourable court may kindly take serious notice of the same\u201d, the affidavit concluded. This is not the first time Bushra has expressed fear of her husband\u2019s life in danger. In a letter dated August 17, addressed to the Punjab home secretary, Imran\u2019s wife had sought the ex-PM\u2019s transfer from District Jail Attock to Rawalpindi\u2019s Adiala Jail and expressed fear he could be poisoned in lock-up. According to the letter, the life of the ex-prime minister was in danger as \u201che was previously attacked twice whereby once he was hit by bullets shots (sic) on his body.\u201d \u201cMoreover it is apprehended that he may be poisoned in the jail through food as the ones responsible and perpetrators of previous attacks are still at large and have not been captured by the law enforcement agencies,\u201d Bushra had feared. Meanwhile, the PTI chief has appealed his jail sentence in both the Islamabad High Court and the Supreme Court. On Aug 23, the Supreme Court had acknowledged \u201cprocedural defects\u201d in the August 5 conviction of Imran in the Toshakhana reference but opted to wait for the Islamabad High Court\u2019s (IHC) decision on a plea seeking suspension of the three-year sentence to the former prime minister. The IHC adjourned its proceedings till Monday after the Election Commission of Pakistan\u2019s (ECP) lawyer skipped the hearing over illness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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