China News Service, Beijing, February 4 Islamabad News: On the 3rd local time, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his current wife Bushra Bibi were sentenced to seven years in prison by a court in Islamabad for marital problems. This is the fourth time that Imran Khan has been convicted by a court since August last year.
According to Pakistan's Dawn newspaper, the verdict said that Bushra Bibi violated the relevant provisions of Article 496 of the Pakistan Penal Code by marrying Imran Khan without the waiting period after divorcing her ex-husband. The two were sentenced to seven years in prison and 500,000 Pakistani rupees (1 rupee is about 0.) each026 RMB). If the two fail to pay the fine, the sentence will be increased by 4 months.
After the verdict was announced, Imran Khan said the case was to "humiliate" him and his wife. This is also the first time in Pakistan's history that a case regarding the "waiting period" has been initiated.
According to Reuters, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party issued a statement saying that the court held hearings in a hurry, without cross-examining witnesses and without due process, which was a mockery of the law.
Bushra Bibi's ex-husband had previously filed charges against Imran Khan and his wife under sections 34, 496 and 496-b of the Pakistan Penal Code, which were heard by the Islamabad High Court. The court later dropped the Section 496-b charges, discontinued the case on January 19, and restricted the prosecution from presenting evidence. On 31 January, the Islamabad High Court again refused to dismiss the proceedings in the case, saying that charges had been brought by the court of first instance.
Imran Khan went through 3 sentences in a week. On January 31, Imran Khan and his wife were both sentenced to 14 years in prison and 7 years each in connection with the corruption caseA fine of Rs 870 crore and disqualification from holding public office for the next 10 years. On January 30, Imran Khan and former Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi were sentenced to 10 years in prison for "leaking state secrets." In August last year, Imran Khan was sentenced to three years in prison for corruption. He is currently serving his sentence in prison. (ENDS).