ISLAMABAD: The chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and his wife, Bushra Bibi, challenged the decision of a district and sessions court in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) regarding their marriage case.
Yesterday, a district and sessions court in Islamabad declared the alleged illegal marriage case of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and his wife Bushra Bibi as admissible.
The PTI chairman, through Sher Afzal Marwat, stated in his plea that the allegations raised in a private complaint do not fall under Section 496. He added that the complainant, Muhammad Hanif, raised ‘baseless’ allegations against him and his wife, merely intending to defame them.
The PTI chairman has pleaded with the IHC to strike down the decision of the civil judge. He terms the plea as inadmissible for the hearing.
Mufti Saeed solemnized the couple’s Nikkah. He brought the alleged un-Islamic Nikkah of the former prime minister and Bushra Bibi to light.
He claimed that the initial ceremony did not comply with Islamic Sharia law. Because the nikkah took place during the iddat period of Bushra Bibi.
The iddat period is a waiting period that a Muslim woman must observe. It is observed on account of the death of her husband or dissolution of the marriage.
In 2018, the PTI chief tied the knot with Bushra Bibi after divorcing her former husband Khawar Farid Maneka.
