PTI lawyer Salman Safdar says he met Imran, Bushra Bibi at Adiala jail

PTI lawyer Barrister Salman Safdar on Monday said he met with party founder Imran Khan and his spouse, Bushra Bibi, at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, where they are both incarcerated.

Imran has been in prison since Aug 5, 2023, while his wife was arrested on Jan 17, 2025 in a separate case in which the couple were sentenced.

The IHC has allowed Imran twice-a-week meetings — on Tuesdays and Thursdays — with his family, lawyers and other associates. Despite multiple court directives, Imran’s meetings with his family and party leaders have been largely restricted in recent months.

In a post on X on Monday, Safdar said the meeting was his first with Imran after seven months and with Bushra in 11 months.

It lasted 40 minutes and was “insufficient to cover all cases [and] legal matters”, the PTI counsel contended.

“Both briefed me on their health conditions [and living] conditions and gave Fresh instructions for some legal matters and cases,” he wrote on X.

Imran was sent to jail for a three-year term on Aug 5, 2023 for concealing details of Toshakhana gifts. However, he and Bushra are also serving a 14-year sentence in a £190 million corruption case, also known as the Al-Qadir Trust case.

The couple were convicted in another Toshakhana case in December 2025, with 10-year and seven-year terms handed to them. The PTI founder also faces pending trials in terrorism cases related to the May 9, 2023 riots.

Imran’s sisters Aleema Khan, Noreen Niazi and Uzma Khan, along with opposition leaders, have staged frequent sit-ins outside the Adiala jail demanding the PTI founder’s release.

They remain unable to stage more sit-ins since their detention in late September under the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, as the PTI geared up for a protest march to Islamabad.