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Islamabad: Pakistan former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan were sentenced to seven years in prison and fined on Saturday by a court that ruled their 2018 marriage violated the law, his party said...
The jailed Khan, 71, has in recent days been sentenced to 10 years for leaking state secrets and 14 years along with this wife for illegally selling state gifts...
After hours of rushed hearings at court, no cross examination of witnesses, and no due process a mockery of the law, Khans party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said in a statement...
Bushra was accused of not completing the waiting period mandated by Islam, called Iddat, after divorcing her previous husband and marrying Khan...
The Khans signed their marriage contract, called a Nikkah, in January 2018 in a secret ceremony seven months before the charismatic former cricket superstar became prime minister for the first time...
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