According to information, the matter has been moved to Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka of the Additional District and Sessions Court.
After Khawar Manika raised an objection, Session Judge Shahrukh Arjumand wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court asking the case’s transfer.
Afzal Majoka, an Additional District and Sessions Judge, will now hear appeals against the sentence in the Nikah case following the approval of the transfer petition.
Session Judge Shahrukh Arjumand was asked to transfer Khawar Maneka’s case to another judge during the most recent hearing on May 29 because Maneka “don’t want the case verdict from you.”
Message to the High Court
The continuing Nikah case involving Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi was later the subject of a letter from Session Judge Shahrukh Arjumand to the High Court.
Khawar Manika has voiced no confidence against the judge during today’s hearing, according to the judge’s letter.
Additionally, the judge noted that on April 30, 2024, Khawar Maneka’s request was earlier denied.
He claimed that by making up excuses, the complainant’s attorney has consistently attempted to stall the proceedings. Raising particular objections against the presiding officer is deemed inappropriate by the judge.
Both parties’ arguments were heard in-depth in this instance, according to Arjumand.
In addition to asking that the appeals be transferred to any other court with jurisdiction over this issue, he also asked the High Court to establish a deadline for the appeals’ resolution.
Matrimony between Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi
In February 2018 in Lahore, the former prime minister wed Bushra Bibi.
Only the bride’s mother and immediate family members and friends were present for the ceremony. The sisters of the founder of PTI, however, were not there.
The nikah was done by Mufti Saeed with witnesses Awn Chaudhary, a former leader of the Pakitan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and Zulfi Bukhari, a former SAPM.
Former spouse of Bibi, Khawar Maneka, had petitioned the court last year, arguing that the marriage violated Sharia law and was unlawful.
The initial accusation against Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi was that they were married during the three-month “iddat period” that comes after a divorce. Maneka has further accused them of infidelity.
Word
The “un-Islamic” iddat case resulted in a seven-year prison sentence for Imran Khan and his spouse, Bushra Bibi.
Judge Qudratullah declared the case’s reserved ruling in the “un-Islamic” nikah lawsuit against Imran Khan and former First Lady Bushra Bibi.
The court imposed a seven-year prison term and a Rs. 500,000 punishment on both PTI founder Imran and Bushra Bibi.
