A Rawalpindi court has sentenced former premier Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi to seven years each in a case related to their marriage during the latter’s Iddat period.

Senior civil judge Qudratullah announced the verdict on the complaint of Bushra’s former husband Khawar Fareed Maneka in a makeshift court at the Adiala district jail.

The verdict comes in the same week the ex-premier was sentenced to 10 years in the cipher case and 14 years in the Toshakhana case.

The file photo shows former premier Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi outside a court last year. — AFP
The file photo shows former premier Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi outside a court last year. — AFP

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