ISLAMABAD
\nMufti Saeed, the man who had solemnised the nikah of former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan with Bushra Bibi and former PTI leader Aun Chaudhry recorded their statements in the PTI chairman\u2019s nikah case in a court in Islamabad on Tuesday, saying they considered the Nikah as \u201cillegal and against Shariah\u201d.
\nIn his statement, Aun said that he was 45-year-old and his caste was Gujjar, and now he was the secretary of Istehkame Pakistan Party (IPP). \u201cSince I was Imran\u2019s private secretary, therefore I was quite close to him. I was privy to his lot of personal matters,\u201d he said, and added, \u201cI also had information about his family matters.\u201d
\nIt was in November 2015, he went on to say, that the PTI chairman divorced his wife Reham Khan. \u201cBefore divorcing her, he sought Bushra Bibi\u2019s advice,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cAnd it was after the latter gave him permission that he divorced Reham.\u201d
\n\u201cSince at that time she was abroad Imran divorced her via e-mail,\u201d Aun elaborated. Ex-PTI leader told the court that after the break-up, PTI chairman lost his heart and used to remain worried.
\nHe said that the former prime minister would say to him, \u201cTake me to Bushra, take me to Bushra so that I could find peace.\u201d He informed that on his insistence, he would take him to Bushra\u2019s residence.
\nIt was on December 31, 2017, Aun explained, that Imran told me that he wanted to take Bushra to Lahore. \u201cHe also asked me to make arrangements for his wedding with Bushra,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cI was stunned when I heard Imran say these words because Bushra at that time was a married woman.\u201d
\nBut later Imran, Aun said, told him that Bushra had been divorced now. \u201cOn January 1, 2018, I accompanied by PTI leader and former prime minister\u2019s close friend Zulfi Bukhari went to Lahore where Mufti Saeed solemnized the nikah.\u201d \u201cAnd I was a witness in that marriage,\u201d he informed.
\nHe further said that when at the time of solemnizing of nikah, Mufti asked Bushra whether she was still married, the latter replied in negative, and asked Mufti to go ahead with solemnizing the nikah. \u201cBut it was through media that I learnt that the nikah had been solemnized at a time when Bushra was still in \u2018Iddat\u2019,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cBut I preferred to remain silent.\u201d
\nAun went on to say that in the very next month, in February, PTI chairman\u2019s nikah was again solemnized with Bushra. \u201cThen there were reports on media that both had contracted the marriage when the bride was going through the period of \u2018Iddat\u2019.
\nBut Imran, ex-PTI leader claimed, asked him and others who were close to him to keep their lips sealed since he planned to solemnize the nikah again in February after the completion of the period of iddat. \u201cAnd at last, the nikah was again solemnized at Bani Gala, Islamabad in February 2018 at which I was also present. As a matter of fact, I and Zulfi were witnesses in that nikah,\u201d Aun told the court.
\nHe informed the court that the recording of the function was also available. He, in his statement, further said that the reason why Imran wanted to marry Bushra was because he believed that by doing so he would become the prime minister.
\nAun claimed that the first time they deliberately contracted marriage was during \u2018Iddat\u2019. \u201cHence the first nikah was against the Islamic Shariah and was based on fraud,\u201d he alleged.
\nMufti Saeed, in his statement, said that Bushra Bibi had told him that Khawar Maneka had divorced her. \u201cEven Bushra\u2019s friends told me that she had been divorced in November 2017,\u201d he said, and added, \u201cI was told by Imran that Bushra had told him that if their nikah would be solemnized on January 1, 2018, he (the PTI chairman) would be appointed to a top position.\u201d
\nIn my opinion, he went on to say, the nikah that was solemnized on January 1 was against the Shariah as well as against the law for which they both had insisted despite knowing that it could not be sanctioned. The court adjourned the case\u2019s hearing until December 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Mufti Saeed, the man who had solemnised the nikah of former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan with Bushra Bibi and former PTI leader Aun Chaudhry recorded their statements in the PTI chairman\u2019s nikah case in a court in Islamabad on Tuesday, saying they considered the Nikah as \u201cillegal and against Shariah\u201d. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-370921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n