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A Pakistani court on Tuesday indicted former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in a case of solemnising their marriage against Islamic laws, according to a media report...
Khan, the 71-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder who was removed from power in April 2022, and his wife have denied all charges in the case registered by Bushras former husband, Khawar Maneka, last month, Geo TV reported...
Senior Civil Judge Qudratullah read out the charges in the court set up in the high security Adiala Jail, with Khan in attendance..
The development comes a day after the Islamabad High Court reserved its verdict on Bushras plea seeking dismissal of her former husbands case.. In her petition, Bushra contended the admissibility of Manekas petition saying that a trial court has no jurisdiction to hear it while also urging the court to declare null and void the order of the additional sessions judge East on January 11...
The controversy surrounding Khans marriage escalated when Maneka, in an interview with a private news channel, said that Khan and Bibi had married during iddat...
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