Iddat nikah case: Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi acquitted, release orders issued
Islamabad: An Islamabad court has acquitted former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the iddat nikah case and also issued their release orders.
Additional Sessions Judge Afzal Majoka admitted the appeals and pronounced his reserved verdict. With the appeals admitted, the decision of the trial court was set aside.
Civil Judge Qudratullah had sentenced the PTI founder and Bushra Bibi each to seven years in jail and a fine of Rs500,000. Additional and Sessions Judge Afzal Majoka had reserved the judgment on the central appeals earlier in the day.
The judge also issued the release orders for both husband and wife. Main complainant Khawar Maneka’s medical board application was also dismissed.
Both applications of the prosecution have been rejected. “If he is not required in any other case, the PTI founder should be released,” the court ordered.
Earlier in the day, the District and Sessions Court Islamabad had reserved its decision on the central appeals against the sentences of PTI Founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the iddat nikah case.
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Additional Sessions Judge Afzal Majuka presided over the proceedings on the central appeals against the sentences of Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi for getting married during her iddat period after her divorce from her former husband Khawar Maneka. Arguments were presented by Khawar Maneka’s lawyer Zahid Asif and Imran Khan’s lawyer Salman Akram Raja.
Maneka’s lawyer emphasized that during the trial, the lawyers for PTI founder Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi said they had to present witnesses. “If they want to bring witnesses, then we have no objection. The court can take evidence at any time,” said Asif.
He also argued that Mufti Saeed did not confirm that both parties adhered to Hanafi principles.
Salman Akram Raja, representing Imran Khan, argued that his client had got married and was unaware of the iddat, adding that the entire responsibility was being placed on Bushra Bibi.
