“If permission to withdraw grievance is just not accorded, applicant shall endure irreparable loss,” says petitioner
- The complainant withdraws the petition on account of technical causes.
- Judicial Justice of the Peace Qudrat Ullah dismissed the case as withdrawn.
- Khan married Bushra whereas she was in “iddat”, petitioner accused.
ISLAMABAD: An area courtroom in Islamabad dismissed a petition difficult the nikah — which was “solemnised in opposition to Sharia” — between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi on Friday.
Muhammad Hanif — the petitioner — had moved the courtroom searching for authorized motion in opposition to the previous prime minister for marrying his current spouse whereas she was reportedly on iddat, however he withdrew his case, resulting in its dismissal.
In his current software submitted within the courtroom, the petitioner stated: “In the meanwhile, the applicant needs to withdraw the above stated grievance on account of technical causes.”
“If permission to withdraw the grievance is just not accorded, applicant shall endure irreparable loss.”
Protecting in view the assertion of the complainant, Judicial Justice of the Peace (East) Qudrat Ullah granted permission for the withdrawal of the grievance underneath Part 248 Code of Felony Process (CrPC) and wrapped up the case.
Imran-Bushra marriage case
The petitioner, Muhammad Hanif, had claimed that Bushra Bibi was divorced by her former husband in November 2017 and married Khan on January 1, 2018, even supposing her Iddat interval had not ended, “which is in opposition to the Sharia and Muslim norms.”
The complainant submitted within the courtroom the statements of Mufti Muhammad Saeed — who carried out the wedding between Imran and Bushra, and Awn Chaudhry — Imran’s shut pal — one of many witnesses on the wedding ceremony.
Saeed, who solemnised the couple’s nikah, had stated that the PTI chief married Bushra Bibi in the course of the latter’s iddat (the time a girl goes into isolation after her husband dies or divorces her), regardless of figuring out every thing.
In his assertion to a decrease courtroom, Saeed stated he had solemnised Khan’s nikah with Bushra Bibi on January 1, 2018, over the reassurance of a girl claiming to be the previous first woman’s sister.
“Then the previous premier contacted me once more in February 2018 and requested me to solemnise his nikah with Bushra Bibi once more as the primary time it was in opposition to the Shariah,” Saeed said earlier than the courtroom.
He stated that the primary time when the nikah was solemnised, Bushra Bibi’s Iddat hadn’t ended.
He quoted Khan as saying that Bushra Bibi had been divorced in November 2017 and that there was a “prediction” that the PTI chairman would change into the prime minister of Pakistan if he married Bushra Bibi.
Mufti Saeed added that the primary nikah was unlawful, which had been solemnised based mostly on the “prediction”.
Marriage
In February 2018, the PTI had introduced that Khan married Bushra Riaz Watoo, higher recognized now as Bushra Bibi, who’s a revered religion healer. The ceremony was held in Lahore.
Though Khan’s sisters weren’t in attendance, the bride’s mom and pals attended the intimate ceremony.
Earlier than marrying the religious information, Khan was married twice.
He first married Jemima Goldsmith, daughter of a British billionaire, in 1995, nevertheless it resulted in 2004. He has two youngsters — Suleman and Qasim — from his first spouse. Each of them stay with their mom.
His second marriage was to Reham Khan in January 2015, which dissolved in a brief span of 10 months.