Former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi challenged the “un-Islamic” marriage case verdict in the district and sessions court on Friday.

They filed their petition through their lawyers Usman Gill, Khalid Yousuf, and Salman Safdar.

Petitioners contended that the decision was against facts and the former first lady’s indictment in the case was “illegal”.

They claimed that the civil court did not conduct the trial in the right manner.

Earlier this month, a court sentenced Khan and his wife to seven years each in a case related to their marriage, which it declared “un-Islamic”.

The verdict was announced on Saturday in the “un-Islamic marriage case”, which was filed by Bushra Bibi’s former husband.

Senior civil judge Qudratullah announced the verdict on the complaint filed by Bushra’s former husband Khawar Fareed Maneka in a makeshift court at the Adiala district jail. The court also imposed Rs500,000 fines each on the couple.