Bushra Bibi gets interim bail till May 31, in Al-Qadir Trust case.

ISLAMABAD -- An Accountability Court (AC) on Tuesday granted pre-arrest bail to PTI chairman Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi till May 31, in Al-Qadir Trust corruption case.

The court accepted the bail against surety bonds worth Rs500,000 and stopped the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from arresting her till the next date. The court also served notices to the bureau and sought case records from the investigation officer.

Accountability Judge Muhammad Bashir announced the verdict on the bail petition of Bushra Bibi who appeared before the court along with her husband former prime minister Imran Khan amid foolproof security arrangements in place.

At the outset of the hearing, Bushra Bibi's lawyer Khawaja Harris adopted the stance that his client had received no any notice from the anti-graft watchdog in the aforesaid case.

He said that there was a risk of the arrest of Bushra Bibi by the NAB and prayed the court to...