Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan indicted on charge of violating Islamic marriage law

Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, a political party of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, hold a rally on Sunday (Picture: Fareed Khan/AP)

A Pakistani court has indicted imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife on a charge that their 2018 marriage violated the Islamic law requirement that a woman waits three months before remarriage, his lawyer said.

Mr Khan has denied the charge and his lawyer, Intisar Panjutha, called the case one of scores against the former PM that he sees as a politically motivated bid to keep him out of Pakistan’s general elections next month.