Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, has been in the news because she was sentenced to 14 years in prison on corruption charges with her old face photos now viral
Imran Khan and his spouse, Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to 14 years in prison by a Pakistani anti-corruption court on Wednesday due to their alleged participation in the unlawful selling of gifts from the government.
Who is Bushra Bibi wife of ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan, biography, age, family, husband, children and face old photos
Hats off to Bushra Bibi
جس دھج سے کوئی مقتل میں گیا وہ شان سلامت رہتی ہے 😍🥰😍 pic.twitter.com/iR0Ltfe8IH
— Dr Shahla (@ShahlaGondal) January 31, 2024
Bushra Bibi, as she is commonly known, surrendered herself for arrest following the verdict. The former prime minister’s third wife, Bushra, has kept a low profile in public, trying to avoid the spotlight. She usually has her eyes covered when she is spotted in public.
The pair is accused of selling official goods worth more than 140 million rupees ($501,000) outside the law, which they allegedly received from 2018 to 2022, when Imran Khan was prime minister. Government officials claim that Khan’s aides orchestrated the sale of these gifts in Dubai.
Notably, Bushra Khan was found guilty for the first time, while Imran Khan was found guilty for the third time. She was conspicuously missing from the court session that took place inside the Rawalpindi jail, where Imran Khan is being incarcerated.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the ruling party, said that Bushra’s conviction was an attempt to put further pressure on Imran Khan. In a televised appearance, Gohar Ali Khan, the interim chairman of the PTI and its attorney made it clear that Bushra Bibi is unrelated to the issue.
Since then, Bushra Bibi has become the talk of the town, with many people trying to find out more about him. So, let’s find out more about him:
Who is Bushra Bibi?
Bushra Bibi used to give Tawizat to people at Baba Farid's shrine in Pakpattan. And she tried unsuccessfully to solve their problems through magic. Imran Khan met Bushra there. Both fell in love in their old age.
1/2#بشریٰ_نامہ pic.twitter.com/WCR9XMx21O— Amna Aman (@Amna_AHarris) August 11, 2023
Bushra Bibi is well-known for being the wife of former Pakistani prime minister, Imran Khan. She has been in the news because she was sentenced to 14 years in prison on corruption charges.
Bushra Riaz Wattoo is her true name. On March 12, 1971, she was born in Pakpattan, Punjab, Pakistan. She was raised in a prominent, politically orthodox household in central Punjab. She is a member of the land-owning Jat tribe known as the Wattoo clan, of whom the Manekas are a subclan.
In 1989, Bushra Bibi first married Khawar Maneka, a top customs officer and the son of Ghulam Muhammad Maneka, a former federal minister in the cabinet of Benazir Bhutto. From her first marriage, she has had two boys and three daughters. Sadly, their marriage collapsed in 2017. She subsequently married Imran Khan, a former Pakistani prime minister.
She is currently 52 years old.
“You can’t compete with a woman a man is in love with”
Bushra BiBi | Imran Khan pic.twitter.com/k0j3cgmORk— Ayesha (@Ayeeshah512) January 31, 2024
Her influence
Bushra Bibi is well-known in Pakistan’s Sufi community for her devoted following of Sufism, an austere and mystical branch of Islam that places a strong focus on the inner, spiritual side of the faith.
She is said to be a follower of Fariduddin Masud Ganjshakar, also referred to as Baba Farid, a mystic from the thirteenth century. Except on her visits to Saudi Arabia, Khan hardly ever makes an appearance in the media or travels with Imran Khan on his diplomatic missions abroad.
It is said that Bushra Bibi was the one who encouraged Imran Khan to form the Al-Qadir Trust, a non-governmental organization centered on spirituality and Islamic principles.
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Bushra Bibi and Aleema Khan reached Bani Gala after it was declared as Sub Jail. pic.twitter.com/deH0tfxY7j
— Ali Sethi (@Alisethi_1) January 31, 2024