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A court on Saturday acquitted Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi who were accused of illegal marriage.
Islamabad: A court on Saturday acquitted Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi who were accused of illegal marriage. Imran Khan, who has been in jail for the past 1 year, has been acquitted of the only case against him.
Thus, they are likely to be released soon. According to Islam, Muslim women cannot remarry during the four-month ‘iddat’ period of divorce or the death of a husband. However, Bushra’s ex-husband Khawar Farid Maneka went to court alleging that Bushra Bibi was married to Imran Khan during the Iddat period.
An Islamabad court found Imran Khan and his couple guilty on February 3, five days before Pakistan’s general election was scheduled for February 8. The couple appealed to the District and Sessions Court against this. The court acquitted 71-year-old Imran and 49-year-old Bushra.