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Abid Hussain

Pakistan’s Imran Khan, wife now get 7 years jail for marriage law violation

Imran Khan, right, and Bushra Bibi talk to the reporters at the Lahore High Court in Lahore [File: K M Chaudary/AP]

Islamabad, Pakistan – A court in Pakistan has now jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi for seven years, ruling their 2018 marriage violated the Islamic law.

The civil court, set up inside the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi city where Khan is imprisoned, delivered the sentence on Saturday in the presence of the couple. It also slapped a fine of a million rupees ($3,560) on them.

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