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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Shah Meer Baloch in Pakistan

Imran Khan and his wife sentenced in ‘un-Islamic’ marriage case

Imran Khan gestures as he speaks to the media, with Bushra Bibi sitting beside him
Bushra Bibi and Imran Khan, pictured in July last year. Photograph: KM Chaudary/AP

A local court in Pakistan has sentenced Imran Khan, the country’s former prime minister, and his wife to seven years each in a case related to their marriage, which it declared “un-Islamic”.

Khan and Bushra Bibi were both last week separately handed 14-year sentences in a corruption case, known as Toshakhana, for illegally selling state gifts.

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