“3 drops of toilet cleaner were added to my food on Shab-e-Mairaj,” Bushra Bibi alleges

“3 drops of toilet cleaner were added to my food,” Bushra Bibi alleged as she spoke to the media outside the accountability court after a hearing on April 2. 

Wife of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi, 49, alleged a poisoning bid saying that a toilet cleaner was mixed in her food on Shab-e-Mairaj to kill her at Bani Gala, which was declared sab jail for her imprisonment. 

“My eyes swell up, discomfort in my chest and stomach, and food and water also tasted bitter. Some suspicious substance was mixed in honey earlier and now toilet cleaner was mixed in my food,” Bushra Bibi said.

“I was told by someone in jail about what was added to my food. I will not reveal any names,” she said.

On the other hand, former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader during the hearing of the 190 million pound Toshakhana corruption case in Adiala jail, said before Judge Nasir Javed Rana that there had been an attempt to poison the former first lady and added that she had marks on her skin and tongue as a side effect of the “poisoning”.

“I know who is behind it,” the 71-year-old PTI founder said, without naming anyone.

Imran Khan added that if any harm came to Bushra, the Pakistan Army chief (Gen Asim Munir) should be held responsible as members of an intelligence agency were controlling everything at his Bani Gala residence in Islamabad and Adiala jail in Rawalpindi.

PTI founder further urged the court to order Bushra’s medical examination by Dr Asim of Shaukat Khanum Hospital, adding that he and the party did not trust the doctor who examined her earlier.

He also urged an inquiry into the matter of Bushra’s alleged poisoning.