Pakistan ex-PM Khans illegal marriage conviction overturned

ISLAMABAD, July 14: A Pakistan court overturned ex-prime minister Imran Khans conviction on illegal marriage charges on Saturday, though he remains jailed after being swiftly arrested over two other cases.
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 graft 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.    —AFP