Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
Jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday alleged that his wife, Bushra Bibi, was given food laced with “toilet cleaner”. He also claimed that her health deteriorated as she was battling a stomach infection daily after consuming “poisoned food”.
Bushra Bibi, 49, was recently convicted in a corruption case as well as in the case of her illegal marriage with Imran Khan, 71, and is currently held in detention at their Bani Gala residence in the suburbs of Islamabad.
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Imran Khan, who is also the chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) made the allegations during a hearing of a corruption case in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, The Express Tribune reported.
Imran Khan, a former cricketer, said Shaukat Khanum Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr Asim Yousaf had recommended conducting Bushra Bibi’s tests at Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad.
He alleged that jail authorities were adamant about conducting the tests at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital, The Express Tribune reported.
During the hearing, the judge asked Imran Khan to avoid holding press conferences while in custody. In response, the former prime minister contended that he engages with journalists regularly as his statements are misquoted.
Imran Khan, who has been convicted in several cases, requested that he should be allowed a 10-minute interaction with the media after the hearings.
On April 17, Imran Khan alleged that Pakistan Army chief General Asim Munir was directly responsible for the imprisonment of Bushra Bibi. He also threatened General Munir if anything happened to his wife.
“General Asim Munir is directly involved in the sentence awarded to my wife,” he said while adding that the judge who convicted her was forced to make the decision.
“If anything happens to my wife, I will not leave Asim Munir, I will not leave Asim Munir as long as I am alive. I will expose his unconstitutional and illegal steps,” he further said.
(with inputs from PTI)
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