Former Pakistan PM Khan's wife released from prison
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People watch a convoy carrying Bushra Bibi, wife of Pakistan's imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, leave following her release from prison a day after a court granted her bail in a graft case, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Oct. 24, 2024. FILE - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, right, and his wife, Bushra Bibi, speak to the media at a court in Lahore, Pakistan, July 17, 2023.
Pakistani authorities released the wife of former Prime Minister Imran Khan from prison Thursday, nearly nine months after the couple was sentenced on corruption allegations.
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