Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan’s illegal marriage conviction overturned

Khan was slapped with a trio of convictions in the days before February elections – cases he says were orchestrated to prevent his return to power.

Those cases have now all been at least partially rolled back on appeal, with a treason conviction carrying a decade jail term overturned in April, and a 14-year corruption sentence suspended in June, though the conviction still stands.

Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi had also been sentenced to seven years for allegedly marrying too soon after her divorce, in a breach of Islamic law.

But an Islamabad judge announced on Saturday that the couple’s appeals were accepted.

“They are directed to be released forthwith if not required to be detained in any other case,” a written order said.