A Pakistan court on February 3 gave 7 year sentence to Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi for 'illegal marriage'.
The complaint against the marriage was raised in November last year by Khawar Maneka, Bibi's ex-husband, who said marriage took place before 'iddat'.
In Islamic tradition, 'iddah or iddat' represents a mandatory waiting period for a woman following her husband's demise or post-divorce.
This period primarily serves to clarify the lineage of any child born subsequent to the husband's death or the divorce.
The duration of iddah varies based on specific conditions. Typically, a divorced woman observes an iddah of three lunar months (approx. 89 days).
According to Maneka, Bushra Bibi divorced him on September 25, 2017, and married Imran Khan on January 1, 2018 without completing the iddat period.
Imran Khan has criticised the case as an attempt to 'humiliate and disgrace' him and his wife.