It’s the third verdict in every week for the previous cricket star, who was beforehand jailed for 10 years for leaking state secrets and techniques and 14 years for bribery.
Bushra Bibi, spouse of the ex-prime minister, was additionally sentenced to 14 years in jail within the bribery case.
The Islamist politician, who was ousted in a parliamentary no-confidence vote in April 2022, claims the almost 200 crimes he has since been accused of have been fabricated by the military-led institution to forestall him from working within the February 8 election.
The most recent conviction pertains to a provision in Islamic regulation that requires a widowed or divorced lady to attend three months earlier than remarrying, in order that there isn’t any doubt in regards to the father of the newborn if she turns into pregnant.
“Courtroom declares former Prime Minister Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi’s marriage unlawful; each [skirtos] seven years imprisonment,” his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) celebration mentioned in a press release.
“This shameful case is illogical. All that is taking place for political functions,” mentioned I. Khan’s lawyer Gohar Ali Khan (Gohar Ali Khan). He added that an attraction can be filed.
Khan has been held in Rawalpindi for a lot of months, whereas Bibi surrendered to police this week and is being held at her house on the outskirts of Islamabad following authorities declared them a chosen detention facility.
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2024-05-26 03:08:45
