PTI Chief Imran Khan Challenges Conviction in Islamabad HC

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan who is currently imprisoned in Attock Jail, has challenged his arrest in the Toshakhana case at Islamabad High Court on Tuesday.

Advocate Khawaja Haris and Barrister Gauhar filed the plea on behalf of Imran Khan in the court.

Furthermore, the plea highlighted that the judgment of the trial court in the Toshakhana case contradicts the law and ought to be declared unlawful.

Further, the plea sought an order for the release of Imran Khan, pending the appeal’s decision, by suspending the present sentence.

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan was apprehended by the district and sessions court from his Zaman Park residence shortly after being found culpable of “corrupt practices” in the Toshakhana case. The court sentenced him to 3 years in prison on Saturday.

After being convicted by the district and sessions court in the federal capital for engaging in corrupt conduct in relation to the state gift depository, Imran Khan was detained and moved to Attock jail on August 5. He disputes these allegations.

The court also imposed a fine of PKR 100,000 on the accused and disqualified him from holding public office for a period of five years.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) brought the matter to the Supreme Court, urging it to nullify Imran Khan’s conviction in the Toshakhana Case and declare the verdict as “null and void.”

According to the plea submitted in accordance with Article 184(2) of the Constitution, the Toshakhana case is being sought for rehearing due to the contention that the PTI leader was not given a fair trial.

Earlier, PTI also approached the Islamabad High Court, requesting Imran Khan’s transfer to Adiala jail and provision of better or A-Class facilities, citing his accustomed lifestyle.

The petition reads, “Keeping in view the petitioner’s social and political status, his education, and his being accustomed to a better living style, the Petitioner was entitled to A-Class facilities in terms of Rule 243 read with Rule 248 of Pakistan Prison Rules.”