![](https://onecms-res.cloudinary.com/image/upload/s--ugIJ2jp3--/c_crop,h_432,w_768,x_0,y_13/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2023-11:afp_watermark_14112023,w_0.1/f_auto,q_auto/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/v1/one-cms/core/fed3924f16738a6f856d1b655414aecb4534117b.jpg?itok=y2j5InlR)
“The Chief Commissioner, Islamabad Capital Territory is pleased to declare the residence of convict Mst. Bushra Bibi … as Sub-Jail, as on Jan 31, 2024, till further orders,” read an order seen by AFP.
The Khan home – a rambling bungalow in a large compound surrounded by high concrete walls – is in the plush Bani Gala area of the capital.
Pakistan goes to the polls on Feb 8 in a ballot already marred by allegations of rigging, with Khan barred from running and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party subject to a massive crackdown.
Thousands of supporters were detained when riots broke out after Khan’s first arrest last year, with around 100 people awaiting trial in secretive military courts.
Bibi is a polarising figure whose marriage to Khan in 2018 – months before he was elected prime minister – both scandalised and titillated the nation.
Oxford-educated Khan earned a reputation as a playboy during his cricket-playing bachelor days, frequently photographed alongside society beauties and models.
His first marriage to Jemima Goldsmith – the daughter of a British multimillionaire – ended in divorce.
He then married Reham Nayyar, a television journalist who published a kiss-and-tell memoir after they divorced within a year.
Bibi, his third wife, rarely appears in public and wears a face-covering hijab when she does.