IHC schedules Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi’s £190m case appeals for November 10

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has scheduled a hearing for November 10 on appeals filed by former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi challenging their convictions in the £190 million case.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has scheduled a hearing for November 10 on appeals filed by former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi challenging their convictions in the £190 million case.

According to the cause list issued by the registrar’s office on Wednesday, a division bench comprising IHC Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Asif will take up the appeals.

The court is expected to hear arguments from the defence lawyers as they seek to overturn the sentences handed down to the couple by an accountability court.

At the previous hearing, proceedings were adjourned without the appeals being taken up after Imran’s counsel, Barrister Salman Safdar requested a postponement. The high court had subsequently sought arguments from the defence on the challenges to the convictions.

In January 2025, an Islamabad accountability court sentenced Imran Khan to 14 years in prison and Bushra Bibi to seven years in the same reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

The case revolves around allegations concerning the Al-Qadir Trust a welfare organisation established in 2018 that operates a university outside Islamabad. The trust has been accused of receiving valuable land from a property tycoon in connection with a financial transaction involving funds returned to Pakistan by the United Kingdom.

According to the government’s account the former prime minister’s administration used repatriated funds to settle fines imposed on the businessman rather than transferring the amount to the national exchequer. Investigators alleged that the land provided to the trust was linked to this arrangement.

Imran and Bushra have denied wrongdoing in the case. The former premier has maintained that neither he nor his wife received any personal financial benefit from the trust or the transaction in question.

The November 10 hearing will provide the high court an opportunity to proceed with the couple’s challenges to their sentences.