"Today's victory is a victory for all women," PTI reacts to Imran, Bushra's acquittal in Iddat case

Reacting to the Islamabad court's verdict that acquitted PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Iddat case, the former ruling dedicated the victory to all the women in the country.

PTI stalwart Salman Akram Raja, who led the case in the local court, took to the microblogging site X to share the details of the case.

"Today in my closing submissions in the iddat case on behalf of PM Imran Khan I reminded the court of the great SC Shariat Appellate Bench decision of 1992 that has laid down a firm barrier against probing into a woman's body," he wrote in the post.

Today in my closing submissions in the iddat case on behalf of PM Imran Khan I reminded the court of the great SC Shariat Appellate Bench decision of 1992 that has laid down a firm barrier against probing into a woman's body. Todays victory is a victory for all women.

— salman akram raja (@salmanAraja) July 13, 2024

"Today's victory is a victory for all women," Raja added.

Earlier today, a district and sessions court in Islamabad ordered the authorities to release Mr and Mrs Khan from Adiala jail after acquitting them in the un-Islamic Nikkah case.

Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka approved the petitions of the couple seeking suspension of their convictions in the Iddat case.

In January, Khawar Maneka, Bushra's ex-husband, had challenged the couple's marriage and had termed their nikah as fraudulent.

Maneka, in the petition, claimed that the marriage was solemnised during Bushra Bibi's iddat (the time a woman goes into isolation after a divorce or her husband's death).

Later, Islamabad's local court sentenced the veteran politician and his spouse to jail for seven years in the un-Islamic Nikah case on February 4.

On June 27, Judge Afzal Majoka upheld the sentences handed down to the couple in the unlawful-Nikah case.

Following the verdict, Mr and Mrs Imran moved the local court and Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking annulment of their conviction.

Today, the court acquitted the couple and ordered the authorities to release the former prime minister and his wife from jail, if they are not sentenced in any other case.

The 72-year politician has been in prison since August last year.

The cricketer-turned-politician was serving his jail terms in the Toshakhana case, cipher case, and Iddat case.

His sentences were suspended by the courts in the Toshakhana and cases.

However, Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi are likely to be released from jail, following the verdict, as no other case will hinder the process.