Islamabad, February 26 A Pakistani high court has fixed March 11 for the hearing of appeals by incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi seeking the suspension of their sentence in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case.
The former couple were convicted in January 17, 2025, when Khan was sentenced to 14 years in prison and Bushra to seven years.
Earlier, the couple had been indicted on February 27, 2024. The couple had filed an appeal in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) after their conviction, but the case was not scheduled for hearing, prompting further pleas for an early hearing.
A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Azam Khan heard miscellaneous applications seeking an early hearing of the sentence suspension pleas.
Barrister Salman Safdar appeared before the court on behalf of Khan, who informed the court about the former prime minister's ailment in his right eye, while arguing that the applications for sentence suspension had remained pending for nearly a year.
He also pointed out that Bushra's petition had similarly been pending for a year.
The court accepted a plea for an early hearing and directed that the sentence suspension petitions of Khan and Bushra should be fixed for hearing on March 11.
Khan and his wife were sentenced to causing a loss of PKR 50 billion to the national exchequer in the Al-Qadir Trust case, when they provided relief to a property tycoon in exchange for land for the Al-Qadir Trust.