Pakistan: Imran Khan’s nikah with Bushra Bibi declared ‘illegal’, 7-year jail term to both

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were sentenced to seven years in jail in an unlawful marriage case.

This is 71-year-old Khan’s fourth conviction since 2022 adding to the troubles of the beleaguered founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party ahead of the February 8 polls.

Bibi’s first husband, Khawar Maneka, had filed the case, alleging that she violated the Islamic practice of observing the mandatory pause or Iddat between two marriages. Maneka also accused his ex-wife and Khan of being in an adulterous relationship before marriage, a crime punishable by death by stoning.

Earlier this week, Khan, 71, was sentenced to 10 years in the cipher case and 14 years in the Toshakhana case.