Court docket indicted Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi in ‘un-Islamic’ marriage case

Khan, a former prime minister who was faraway from energy in April 2022, and his spouse have denied all fees within the case registered by Bushra’s former husband, Khawar Maneka, final month.

Senior Civil Decide Qudratullah performed the listening to at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail. The courtroom formally commenced the trial within the case and summoned the witnesses on the subsequent listening to.

The decide learn out the fees within the courtroom arrange in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, with the PTI founder in presence. Nonetheless, his spouse didn’t seem, which irritated the decide.

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The previous prime minister married Bushra Bibi in February 2018 in Lahore. The ceremony was attended by solely shut kinfolk, together with the bride’s mom, and associates. PTI founder’s sisters, nonetheless, weren’t in attendance.

Mufti Saeed had carried out the nikah within the presence of former Pakitan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Awn Chaudhary and former SAPM Zulfi Bukhari who appeared as witnesses.

Final yr, Khawar Maneka — Bibi’s former husband, who had approached the courtroom — had claimed that the wedding was unlawful and towards the legal guidelines of Sharia.

Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi have been initially accused of marrying throughout the three-month “iddat interval” that follows a divorce. Moreover, Maneka has accused them of fornication.