Al-Qadir Trust case: PTI lawyers approach FCC for early hearing of Bushra Bibi’s appeal
ISLAMABAD: Senior members of the PTI legal team on Tuesday approached the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) seeking early fixation of a criminal appeal filed by former first lady Bushra Bibi in the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust case . The former first lady was handed a seven-year sentence in the case in January last year, and is currently imprisoned at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail. The court found…
Senior members of the PTI legal team approached the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Tuesday to request an early hearing for Bushra Bibi’s appeal in the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust case. Former first lady Bushra Bibi received a seven-year sentence in January, and is currently incarcerated at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail. Bushra and her husband Imran were convicted of providing undue favors to property tycoon Malik Riaz for retrieving his laundered money from the UK.
Bushra had previously sought a suspension of her sentence from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in July, but their appeals were dismissed in May, stating that their conviction appeals were already scheduled for hearing. PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja and Barrister Salman Safdar led the delegation to the FCC, asking for the criminal appeal to be fixed for an early hearing before an appropriate bench of the top court.
The FCC assured the delegation that the appeal would be numbered within the week and scheduled accordingly.
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