Imran Khan and wife Bushra Bibi jailed for illegal marriage

Imran Khan and wife Bushra Bibi jailed for illegal marriage

Imran Khan and his wife have been sentenced to seven years in a Pakistani court, which declared their 2018 marriage un-Islamic and illegal. 

The former prime minister is already serving time for corruption and recently faced a conviction for profiting from state gifts, just a week before a general election. 

Imran Khan, 71, asserts that the various cases against him are politically motivated. 

The court, set up inside the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, heard a complaint from Bibi’s ex-husband, alleging fraud in her marriage to Khan. The court determined that Bibi had remarried before the required time following her divorce. 

In addition to the seven-year jail term, a fine of 500,000 rupees ($1,800; £1,420) was imposed on Khan and Bibi.

Khan has been detained since his arrest last August. His latest prison sentence in his third in less than a week. On Tuesday he was jailed for 10 years for leaking classified documents. He (and his wife) were given 14-year sentences in Wednesday’s court case – that accused them of keeping of selling state gifts received in office, including jewellery from the Saudi Crown Prince.