Islamabad Excessive Courtroom points discover to Imran Khan’s spouse Bushra’s ex-husband Khawar Maneka
- IHC has adjourned the case until January 25.
- Nikah happened 48 days after divorce, says Raja.
- He says Supreme Courtroom verdict out there relating to iddat.
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Excessive Courtroom (IHC) on Friday stopped the trial courtroom from recording statements of witnesses within the case towards Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi’s solemnising nikah in an unIslamic method, Geo Information reported.
The directives have been issued by IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq throughout at present’s listening to of the case.
Imran, who was faraway from prime minister’s workplace in April 2022, and his spouse have denied all fees within the case registered by Bushra’s former husband, Khawar Maneka, in November 2023.
On the listening to’s outset, Imran and Bushra’s counsel Barrister Salman Akram Raja apprised the courtroom that all the district judiciary was current in Adiala Jail to document statements of witnesses.
The IHC chief justice then directed him to supply particulars of the case as he would cease the trial courtroom from recording the witnesses’ statements.
Even when the witnesses’ statements have been accepted, the nikah happened 48 days after the divorce, Raja stated.
The courtroom inquired what was the length of iddat (the intervening interval earlier than the following marriage). The barrister replied normally it was 90 days however Islamic jurisprudent and famous scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani had given a clarification within the stated interval.
He additionally stated a Supreme Courtroom verdict was out there relating to iddat.
CJ Farooq stated let’s suppose the SC ruling was not out there then what was he difficult within the petition. The counsel replied he had challenged the summon issued to Imran and Bushra within the case.
The chief justice stated as per the regulation, if nikah was solemnised throughout iddat then it was regularised later. He questioned what the crime was even when the nikah was not formal.
The excessive courtroom issued a discover to Bushra’s ex-husband, Khawar Maneka, and adjourned the case until January 25.
On January 15, a neighborhood courtroom had indicted Imran and his spouse within the case of solemnising their marriage towards Islamic legal guidelines.
Senior Civil Decide Qudratullah had learn out the costs within the courtroom arrange in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.