No verdict on appeals against conviction of Imran Khan and his wife in illegal marriage case as judge recuses himself
Hindustan TimesIslamabad, A Pakistan court on Wednesday did not announce its verdict on the appeals against the conviction of jailed former premier Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the illegal marriage case after the judge recused himself. No verdict on appeals against conviction of Imran Khan and his wife in illegal marriage case as judge recuses himself Khan, 71, and Bibi, 49, were sentenced to seven years in prison each on February 3 by a trial court for contracting the marriage during iddat, a mandatory period for a woman in Islam to wait before a second marriage after the death of her husband or divorce. The former first couple had challenged the verdict in Islamabad District and Sessions Court where Judge Shahrukh Arjumand heard the appeals and reserved the verdict on May 23 had reserved its verdict on the conclusion of the hearing. Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party also confirmed that the judge recused from the case after the complainant exhibited a trust deficit.