Appeal filed against civil court’s verdict in Imran Khan’s nikkah case

In an important development, a citizen on Thursday challenged in Islamabad’s district and sessions court a civil judge’s decision in which he had declared that former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s nikkah during iddat case was inadmissible for the hearing, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.  

Sessions Judge-East Azam Khan summoned the PTI chairman and his wife Bushra Bibi in the case on July 13.

In his appeal, Muhammad Hanif said that the judge, while declaring that the case was not fit for the hearing, did not fulfill legal requirements. “Therefore, it is prayed to the court to declare civil judge’s May 13 order null and void,” read the appeal.

A court in Islamabad, on May 13, had declared as inadmissible a petition in which it was contended that former premier Imran Khan and former first lady Bushra Bibi cohabited despite the fact that their nikah had taken place without completion of the latter’s mandatory iddat period.

The petitioner had claimed that Bushra Bibi was divorced by her former husband in November 2017 and married Imran Khan on January 1, 2018 despite the fact that her iddat period had not completed.

Reporter: Farzana Siddique