The wife of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan was released from a high-security prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Thursday, a day after a court granted her bail in a graft case.

Bushra Bibi, the wife of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, was released from prison on Thursday, a day after she was granted bail in a case linked to the illegal sale of state gifts, ending about nine months of imprisonment.

Over 60 Democratic lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to President Joe Biden on Wednesday, urging him to use Washington's leverage with Pakistan to secure the release of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Aleema Khan and Uzma Khan, sisters of PTI founder Imran Khan, were released from Jhelum Jail on bail on Friday and headed to Islamabad, sources confirmed. Both women were granted bail by an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad, which had approved their requests against surety bonds of Rs20,000 each.

A court in Pakistan granted bail to the wife of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a case pertaining to the illegal sale of state gifts, his party said on Wednesday - a relief for the embattled politician who could see his spouse released from prison for the first time in months.

In the days before the February polls, Bibi was convicted of graft and illegal marriage alongside opposition leader Khan in what he claimed was a campaign to sideline him from the vote

She walked out of Pakistan’s Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail where she was held for 9 months from January 31 this year. An Islamabad accountability court had sentenced her and with husband, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan to 14 years in prison for receiving and selling state gifts during Khan’ tenure.

US lawmakers urge President Biden to secure the release of jailed former PM Imran Khan amid human rights concerns.

A high court in Pakistan's capital Islamabad granted bail to the wife of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in a case pertaining to the illegal sale of state gifts, local broadcaster Geo TV reported on Wednesday.

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s wife granted bail in state gifts case - It’s unclear if Bushra Bibi will be freed or kept in prison on other charges she faces

Bushra Bibi was allowed to leave jail a day after a federal high court approved her bail application following a conviction on corruption charges nine months earlier