Pakistan’s Imran Khan, wife now get 7 years jail for marriage law violation
Al Jazeera
Verdict follows another case in which Khan and Bushra Bibi were sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption.
Islamabad, Pakistan – A court in Pakistan has now jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi for seven years, ruling their 2018 marriage violated the Islamic law.
The civil court, set up inside the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi city where Khan is imprisoned, delivered the sentence on Saturday in the presence of the couple. It also slapped a fine of a million rupees ($3,560) on them.
The case against the couple was filed last year by Bibi’s former husband Khawar Maneka, who alleged that his divorced wife did not observe the necessary three-month break required under Islamic law before remarrying Khan.
Maneka claims he divorced his wife in November 2017. Khan announced his third marriage with Bibi in February 2018, months before he became the prime minister.
It is Khan’s third conviction this week – and a second for his wife – in advance of general elections on Thursday.
