ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan said on Saturday that the unlawful marriage case was made to humiliate and ridicule him and no effort was spared to achieve the goal.
The former premier maintained that he would not cut a ‘deal’ with the powers that be.
Speaking to the media following the announcement of the case verdict, he said that the punishment handed down to him in the Toshakhana case had not been given to any other politician accused of misusing the state repository.
He reiterated that the unlawful marriage case was made to ridicule and humiliate him.
The PTI founder added that around 200 cases have been registered against him and in the country’s history, no individual has been booked in so many cases.
“I still say, I have not made a deal and will not make one. I will die rather than cut a deal,” said a defiant Imran.
Referring to PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and his brother, former premier Shehbaz Sharif, the PTI founder said the elder Sharif was disqualified by the Supreme Court after a JIT was formed but all cases against him have been dismissed and similarly, Shehbaz had a ‘strong’ case lodged against him by the FIA but that too was dismissed.
Making a veiled reference, Imran said 400 drone attacks were carried out on the country but no one spoke and added that the “slave has returned from abroad to do their bidding now”.
The court sentenced former premier Imran Khan and wife Bushra Bibi to seven years imprisonment each on Saturday in the ‘un-Islamic’ marriage case.
The verdict in the ‘un-Islamic’ marriage case was reserved by the court last night after a lengthy 14-hour hearing concluded on Friday night.
A fine of Rs0.5 million each was also imposed on the ex-premier and his wife.
This is the third sentencing for the PTI leader over the last five days. The former premier was earlier this week sentenced to 10-year imprisonment in the cypher case, and 14-year imprisonment in the Toshakhana case.
