Senior Civil Judge Qudratullah Friday reserved the judgment against the PTI founder chairman Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the \u2018illegal\u2019 marriage case. The decision will be pronounced on Saturday (today) at 1 o\u2019clock. Imran\u2019s counsel Salman Akram Raja and Bushra Bibi\u2019s lawyer Usman Riaz Gul have completed the cross-examination of witnesses. The hearing continued for about 14 hours. The complainant\u2019s lawyer Raja Rizwan Abbasi, and public prosecutor Samiullah Jasra appeared in the court in the case against the couple. The cross-examination of four prosecution witnesses has also been completed. Read More:\u00a0Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi sentenced to 14 years in\u00a0toshakhana\u00a0reference Lawyer Salman Akram Raja cross-examined the witnesses on behalf of the PTI founder, while Usman Riaz Gul cross-examined the witnesses on behalf of Bushra Bibi. Among the witnesses were Khawar Manika, Aun Chaudhry, Nikah Khawan Mufti Saeed and an employee Latif. According to the court order, Imran and Bushra submitted their statements. The court asked each of them 13 questions. Salman Akram Raja wrote the answers on behalf of both the accused. After the statements of 342, the counsel for the complainant, Raja Rizwan Abbasi, made their closing arguments. Salman Akram Raja furnished the evidence seeking permission to produce a witness. The witness is a member of Bushra Bibi\u2019s household. Salman Akram Raja said he will not reveal the name of the witness and sought permission for his production. However, the court rejected the request to produce witnesses in the testimony. The plea for acquittal under Section 249-A and jurisdictional pleas under Section 179 filed by the advocates were also rejected. Read More:\u00a0Imran Khan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi sentenced to 10 years in jail in\u00a0cipher\u00a0case Khawar Manika\u2019s video was also played during the hearing. The video of Nikah Khwan Mufti Saeed\u2019s interview on private TV was played five times. Bushra Bibi declared the divorce certificate of November 14, 2017 fabricated in her statement. \u201cKhawar Manika gave me verbal triple talaq in April 2017,\u201d Bushra said. \u201cFrom April to August 2017, I spent my period of Iddat and moved to my mother\u2019s house in Lahore in August 2017. On January 1, 2018, a simple marriage took place with the PTI founder,\u201d the statement said. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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