A Pakistan courtroom on Saturday sentenced jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi to seven years imprisonment within the ‘un-Islamic nikah’ case, lower than every week earlier than the final elections.
That is 71-year-old Khan’s fourth conviction since 2022 including to the troubles of the beleaguered founding father of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) celebration forward of the February 8 polls.
Bibi’s first husband, Khawar Maneka, had filed the case, alleging that she violated the Islamic apply of observing the necessary pause or Iddat between two marriages.
Maneka additionally accused his ex-wife and Khan of being in an adulterous relationship earlier than marriage, a criminal offense punishable by dying by stoning.
“The decision was pronounced by Senior Civil Decide Qudratullah at the moment, a day after the listening to of the case was carried out contained in the Adiala Jail premises at Rawalpindi for 14 hours on Friday,” Geo Information mentioned and added that Qudratullah additionally slapped fines of Rs 5,00,000 every on the couple.
Each Khan and Bushra have been current within the courtroom when the decision was introduced.
Earlier this week, Khan, 71, was sentenced to 10 years within the cipher case and 14 years within the Toshakhana case.
Arrested on August 5 final 12 months, when he was discovered responsible within the Toshakhana corruption case filed by the Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP), Khan has since been imprisoned – first within the Attock Jail and later shifted to the Adiala Jail.
Following his conviction in what has come to be often called the Iddat case, Khan informed courtroom reporters that the case in opposition to him was created to “humiliate and shame” each him and his partner, Bushra Bibi.
“This marks the primary occasion in historical past the place a case associated to Iddat has been initiated,” Daybreak.com quoted Khan as saying and added that he mentioned, it was additionally the primary time that somebody was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment in a Toshakhana corruption case.
On Friday, the cross-examination of the 4 prosecution witnesses was accomplished, whereas Khan and Bibi, 49, submitted a joint assertion, answering 13 questions. The courtroom rejected the defence’s request to provide further witnesses. A plea of acquittal and jurisdictional pleas have been additionally rejected.
“To date, cross-examination of the statements given by the 4 witnesses within the case has been accomplished. The statements of Khan and Bushra below part 342 have additionally been recorded (earlier than the decision was pronounced),” Geo Information added.
Bibi declared the divorce certificates of November 14, 2017, as fabricated, claiming she accomplished her necessary iddat interval from April to August 2017 after receiving a verbal triple talaq (divorce) from Maneka in April 2017.
The wedding with Khan was solemnised on January 1, 2018, and Bibi reportedly exercised a whole lot of affect on the previous premier throughout his days in workplace.
She was supposedly a religion healer and the cricketer-turned-politician used to go to her for religious solace earlier than the 2 developed a liking that ended of their marriage.
Khan has already confronted three convictions since 2022 when he was ousted from energy. He was arrested on August 5 when he was discovered responsible within the Toshakhana corruption case filed by the Election Fee of Pakistan. Since then he has been imprisoned – first within the Attock Jail and later shifted to the Adiala Jail.
Khan and his spouse have been sentenced to 14 years in jail on Wednesday in a corruption case for retaining costly state presents when he was in energy.
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