Imran Khan's hopes of release dashed as court issues sentence in Iddat case

A local court in Islamabad has delivered a key verdict on petitions filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi seeking suspension of their sentences in the Iddat case. The judge rejected the request, dashing any hope of Imran Khan's immediate release.

The PTI said it would challenge the verdict in the High Court.

Imran Khan has been behind bars since August last year after being convicted in the Toshakhana case and other cases before the February 8 elections.

But he was granted bail in the £190 million referral and an acquittal in the Toshakhana and Cipher cases. He was also released on bail in the May 9 cases. His conviction in the Iddat case was the only reason the government was keeping him in prison and if the judge had ruled in his favor, he could have been released from prison on Thursday.

However, Additional Sessions Judge Afzal Majoka rejected the plea and upheld the sentences. The judge then delivered a 10-page judgment.

Judge Majoka has not yet heard the full appeals against the convictions in this case. The arguments he has rejected were limited only to requests for the sentences to be suspended. The full appeal seeks to have the February judgment overturned.

Before the court announced its verdict, security was beefed up outside Adiala jail where Imran Khan is being held.

A group of PTI activists gathered outside the court and chanted slogans demanding the release of Imran Khan.

PTI's Omar Ayub said his party would challenge the verdict in the Islamabad High Court. He said it was a private matter between a man and his wife but was being used as a political weapon against a political leader.

Iddate affair

The district court had sentenced PTI founder and Bushra Bibi to 7 years' imprisonment in February this year after Khwar Manika, Bushra's former husband, filed a complaint.

Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi appealed and Justice Shah Rukh Arjumand reserved the verdict on May 23.

However, in light of Khwar Manika's repeated expression of defiance, the Islamabad High Court transferred the matter to the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Afzal Mujoka on the request of Justice Arjumand.

Following the High Court's directive to decide on suspension of sentences within 10 days, the district and sessions court reserved its verdict on the petitions filed by Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi against their conviction on June 25.

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