A Pakistani courtroom on Saturday acquitted jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi within the un-Islamic marriage case, the one case that retains the founding father of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf celebration behind bars.
On February 3, days earlier than the February 8 normal elections, an Islamabad courtroom convicted the couple primarily based on a criticism filed by Bushra Bibi’s ex-husband, Khawar Fareed Maneka, who alleged that they had been married throughout the former first girl’s Iddat interval.
In Islam, a lady can’t remarry earlier than 4 months have handed after her husband’s divorce or loss of life.
The 2 had challenged the decision in a district and periods courtroom within the capital Islamabad, the place Extra District and Classes Decide (ADSJ) Afzal Majoka heard the case.
The choose introduced the sentence within the afternoon after reserving the decision earlier within the day, acquitting Khan, 71, and Bushra, 49.
“If they aren’t needed in every other case, then PTI founder Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi ought to be launched. [from jail] instantly,” the choose mentioned after accepting their appeals.
But it surely was unclear whether or not he can be launched, though it was the one case for which Khan was in jail after his sentence within the Toshakhana corruption case was suspended and he was acquitted within the Cipher case.
