Pakistan
Imran, Bushra sentenced to seven-year imprisonment in Nikkah case
According to the details, the couple has also been fined Rs500,000 each.
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Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to seven years of imprisonment in illegal marriage case.
According to the details, senior civil judge Qudratullah fined the couple with Rs500,000 each during the hearing conducted in Adiala Jail. The case was heard in the presence of both the accused.
It is pertinent to note that earlier on yesterday, after about 14 hours of hearing, Judge Qudratullah reserved the verdict in the case related to Nikkah during Iddat. The ex-husband of Bushra Bibi, Khawar Manika had filed a marriage case against Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi during Iddat.
The statements of Bushra Bibi's ex-husband Khawar Manika, his employee Muhammad Latif, Mufti Saeed and the witness of the marriage, Aun Chaudhry, were recorded in the case against Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi regarding illegal marriage.
Yesterday, PTI founder Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi recorded the 342 statement while Imran and Bushra's lawyer Salman Akram Raja cross-examined witnesses Khawar Manika, Mufti Saeed, Aun Chaudhry and employee Latif.
Notably, earlier Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi were sentenced to 14 years in prison in the Tosha Khana case, while Khan was sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labor in the Cypher case also.
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