Tag: Iddat Case

  • Will Imran Khan be freed today?

    Will Imran Khan be freed today?

    A district and sessions court in Islamabad will announce its reserved decision today in incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi’s petition to suspend their sentence in the Iddat case.

    A district magistrate has convicted Bushra Bibi and Imran Khan on February 3 and imprisoned them for seven years in an iddat case on a plea filed by Bushra Bibi’s former husband, Khawar Maneka.  

    However, additional district and session court judge Afzal Majoka will announce the verdict on Bushra Bibi’s petition today.

    Imran Khan is serving his sentence in the Toshakhana case, the £190 million reference case and the Iddat case.

    If Imran Khan gets relief in Iddat case today, he will be released from the jail, as courts have already suspended Khan’s sentences in Toshakhana case and £190 million corruption case.

  • IHC transfers Iddat case to another court

    IHC transfers Iddat case to another court

    Islamabad High Court (IHC) has transferred the Iddat case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to a district and session court in Islamabad after approving the request application of Judge Shahrukh Arjumand. 

    Judge Arjumand wrote a letter to the IHC registrar, stating that he is not comfortable announcing the verdict in the Iddat case as Bhusra Bibi’s former husband Khawar Manika had raised concerns.

    The judge also complained in the written letter that Khawar Manek and his lawyers disrupted the hearing multiple times. 

    Now the additional district and session judge, Muhammad Afzal Majuka will hear the Iddat case against the former prime minister and his wife.

    Earlier on May 29, the PTI lawyers attacked Khawar Maneka as he exited the district court premises after attending the hearing in the Iddat case.