{"id":28379,"date":"2023-11-25T14:54:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T14:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/khawar-maneka-files-case-against-imran-bushra-bibi-for-fraudulent-marriage\/"},"modified":"2023-11-25T14:54:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T14:54:04","slug":"khawar-maneka-files-case-against-imran-bushra-bibi-for-fraudulent-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/khawar-maneka-files-case-against-imran-bushra-bibi-for-fraudulent-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Khawar Maneka files case against Imran, Bushra Bibi for \u2018fraudulent marriage\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Khawar Maneka, the ex-husband of PTI Chairman Imran Khan\u2019s wife Bu\u00ad\u00ads\u00adh\u00adra Bibi, on Saturday filed a case against the former prime minister and first lady over the allegation of fraudulent marriage and fornication.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes a day after a petitioner in a similar case <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1792323\">withdrew<\/a> his plea, citing technical reasons. Earlier this week, Maneka had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1791090\">held Imran responsible<\/a> for ruining his married life before eventually marrying Bushra Bibi himself.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1791454\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The allegations were met with strong criticism from PTI leaders who questioned the moral necessity of Maneka\u2019s interview, while their PML-N adversaries used the same to sling mud at the former premier.<\/p>\n<p>Maneka submitted a private complaint today against the husband and wife in the court of Islamabad East Senior Civil Judge Qudratullah under Sections 34 (common intention), 496 (marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage) and 496B (fornication) of the Pakistan Penal Code.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, he also submitted a statement under section 200 (examination of complainant) of the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fmu.gov.pk\/docs\/laws\/Code_of_criminal_procedure_1898.pdf\">Code of Criminal Procedure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the statement, Maneka, who was recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1789195\">given bail<\/a> in a graft case, reiterated his claims voiced in his interview and the plea he filed.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, the court issued notices to the three witnesses mentioned in the case \u2014 namely Istekham-i-Pakistan Party member Awn Chaudhry, Mufti Muhammad Saeed who officiated the nikah and Maneka\u2019s house employee Latif \u2014 and directed them to appear before the court on November 28 (Tuesday).<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"manekas-private-complaint\" href=\"#manekas-private-complaint\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>Maneka\u2019s private complaint<\/h2>\n<p>The complaint urged the court that Imran and Bushra be \u201csummoned and punished strictly in accordance with law in the interest of justice\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It said Imran was introduced to his family through Bushra\u2019s sister \u201cduring the Islamabad <em>dharna<\/em>\u201d, likely referring to the PTI\u2019s 2014 sit-in.<\/p>\n<p>Maneka that the PTI chief often visited his house for hours in his absence \u201cunder the guise of spiritual healings\u201d, which was \u201cnot only undesirable but unethical\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He further said that Imran used to call Bushra at late hours, with the latter also given separate contact numbers and mobile phones for communication.<\/p>\n<p>Maneka said he \u201chalf-heartedly\u201d divorced Bushra on Nov 14, 2017, and had reconciliation in mind before February 2018 but \u201cpremature nikah during iddah\u201d between Bushra and Imran \u201cfrustrated his plans\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The plea claimed that Farah Khan asked him to change the date of divorce on the papers but Maneka refused to do so. Regardless, Imran and Bushra got married to each other on January 1, 2018, the petition said, with a copy of the purported nikah papers also attached.<\/p>\n<p>Maneka termed their nikah and marriage ceremony \u201cneither legal nor Islamic as it was solemnised without observing iddah period and both of them established illicit relations with each other\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-husband further said that Imran and Bushra contracted nikah again in February 2018 after the reports of the earlier nikah surfaced.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint said the \u201cheinous offence of fornication has been committed by respondents no.1 (Imran) and 2 (Bushra) and drama of marriage was staged on Jan 1, 2018, knowingly that iddah period\u201d of Bushra was not complete.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khawar Maneka, the ex-husband of PTI Chairman Imran Khan\u2019s wife Bu\u00ad\u00ads\u00adh\u00adra Bibi, on Saturday filed a case against the former prime minister and first lady over the allegation of fraudulent marriage and fornication. The development comes a day after a petitioner in a similar case withdrew his plea, citing technical reasons. Earlier this week, Maneka [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/11\/25152653a271975.jpg?r=152658","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}