'Gunfire celebration' video falsely linked to former Pakistan PM Khan's illegal marriage case

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After a court rejected a plea to suspend the jail terms of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi, whose marriage was ruled illegal under Islamic law, a video recirculated in online posts falsely claiming it shows her ex-husband Khawar Maneka celebrating the decision.

The clip has been shared online since March 2021 in reports about Maneka participating in celebratory gunfire at his son's wedding.Former international cricket star Khan and Bibi -- commonly known as Pinky Peerni because of her work as a faith healer -- were sentenced to seven years in jail in February on charges that, under Islamic law, their marriage came too soon after her divorce from Maneka.

Maneka has accused Bibi of failing to adhere to"iddat", which dictates that a divorced woman must wait three months before remarrying.Khan has been entangled in more than 200 legal cases since he was booted from office in April 2022 in what he said was a campaign to keep him from power.the plea to suspend Khan and Bibi's sentences. A separate court will rule on an appeal of their conviction on July 12.

Many social media users appeared to believe the false claim that the footage shows Maneka celebrating after the June 27 court hearing.reportedScreenshot of the video shared on social media and the clip posted by Naya Daur Media https://www.youtube.com/embed/YYkmT8tfdXs

 

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