Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan, Wife Bushra Bibi Acquitted In Illegal Marriage Case

Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan, Wife Bushra Bibi Acquitted In Illegal Marriage Case

By: Shankhyaneel Sarkar

Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan, Wife Bushra Bibi Acquitted In Illegal Marriage Case

A Pakistan court has acquitted ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s conviction for illegal marriage on Saturday, Pakistani news media outlets said. He will, however, remain jailed over allegations that he incited riots.

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An Islamabad District and Sessions Court “dismissed charges” against Khan in the Iddat case where a petitioner had challenged the legality of his marriage. The acquittal overturns the seven-year jail term Khan was handed just days before the elections held in February.

Khan, 71, and his wife, Bushra Khan, also known as Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to seven years in February when a court found them guilty of breaking Islamic law by failing to observe the required interval between Bibi’s divorce from a previous marriage and her marriage to Khan.

An Islamabad District and Sessions Court “dismissed charges” against Khan in the Iddat case where a petitioner had challenged the legality of his marriage. The acquittal overturns the seven-year jail term Khan was handed just days before the elections held in February.

Khan, 71, and his wife, Bushra Khan, also known as Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to seven years in February when a court found them guilty of breaking Islamic law by failing to observe the required interval between Bibi’s divorce from a previous marriage and her marriage to Khan.N18

(JKNEWS NATION)

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