Khawar Maneka challenges ex-spouse Bushra Bibi’s nikkah with Imran Khan in court
The court, after recording Maneka's statement, adjourned the hearing till November 28.
Khawar Farid Maneka approached the district and sessions court in Islamabad on Saturday, challenging ex-spouse Bushra Bibi’s marriage with Imran Khan!
Khawar Maneka’s case is now under consideration in the court of Civil Judge Qudratullah.
Maneka has sought punitive action against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, over allegations of solemnising what he deems an ‘un-Islamic’ marriage.
Maneka, days after making explosive claims about his former wife in an exclusive interview on Geo Geo News programme Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath, Saturday termed Imran Khan’s nikkah with Bushra Bibi as fraudulent.
He alleges that the marriage was solemnised during the iddat period (the time a woman goes into isolation after her husband dies or divorces her).
Khawar Maneka’s case is now under consideration in the court of Civil Judge Qudratullah.
Maneka recorded his statement before the civil judge.
The court adjourned the hearing till November 28.
Meanwhile, Mufti Saeed, Aun Chaudhry, and Muhammad Latif have been nominated as witnesses in the petition.
“That above said nikah and the marriage ceremony was neither legal nor Islamic as it was solemnised without observing iddah period…,” reads the filed petition.
Maneka reiterated the allegations that he made in the interview, accusing PTI chief Imran of ruining his entire life, and “stigmatised the complainant and his family just to achieve his unethical and immoral objects through intrusion in complainant’s peaceful marital life..”
“In light of the above, it is humbly prayed that respondents No.1 [Imran Khan] and 2 [Bushra Bibi] be summoned and punished strictly in accordance with law in the interest of justice,” the petitioner prayed to the court.
Maneka alleges that the relationship between “Pinki” (Bushra Bibi) and Imran Khan originated during the sit-in protests in Islamabad in 2014.
He added that Bushra Bibi was introduced to the former PM by her sister, whom he claimed has “deep connections with the Jewish lobby.”
The development comes a day after petitioner Muhamad Hanif withdrew a similar petition challenging the nikah of the PTI chief Imran Khan with Bushra Bibi “due to technical reasons”.
The local court in Islamabad accepted the petitioner’s plea and quashed the case.
