Latest Update: Imran Khan's Toshakhana Sentence Suspended
Updated on August 29, 2023, at 09:36 PM
Imran's Toshakhana Sentence Suspended
In a recent development, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has suspended the sentence that was awarded to former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case. The case pertains to allegations related to state gifts and corrupt practices.
However, it's important to note that his detention at Attock Jail will continue due to his involvement in another case related to cipher.
Stay tuned for more updates on this ongoing legal matter.
Reporter: Umer Burney
Latest Update: Imran Khan's Judicial Lockup in Cipher Case
Updated on August 29, 2023
A special court in Islamabad has issued an order for Attock Jail authorities to keep former Prime Minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan in judicial lockup in connection with the cipher case. This order comes shortly after the Islamabad High Court suspended Imran Khan's three-year sentence in the Toshakhana case.
The special court has directed the jail authorities to produce Imran Khan on August 30 for proceedings related to the cipher case.
Stay tuned for further updates on this ongoing legal matter.
“That accused Imran Khan Niazi s/o Ikramullah Khan Niazi r/o Zaman Park, Lahore is hereby ordered for judicial remand in case FIR mentioned above, who is already detained in district jail, Attock,” the letter read. It merits here to mention that PTI chief Imran Khan and party leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi were named in an FIR registered on August 5 under the Official Secrets Act. The verdict was reserved a day earlier after the completion of the arguments from the respondents. The IHC in its short verdict, ordered to release of the PTI chairman on bail from Attock Jail and remarked that it would give the reasons for the suspension of the sentence in the detailed verdict later. Petition The PTI chairman challenged the cessation of his right to defense by the trial court in the Toshakhana case in the Islamabad High Court. The petitioner pleaded to the high court to declare the trial court’s order void and restore his right to defence in the case. PTI chairman also requested the court to immediately take up his petition. Read more: Toshakhana case: Chairman PTI challenges trial court’s order in IHC Toshakhana verdict On August 5, the District and Sessions Court awarded three years jail term to the PTI chairman in Toshakhana criminal case. The court also imposed Rs 100,000 fine on the convicted chief of the PTI. The court also declared the former prime minister ineligible to hold public office for five years. The court in its verdict said that the accused had been found guilty of corrupt practices and handed the PTI chairman three years jail sentence. “Imran Khan deliberately submitted fake details [of Toshakhana gifts] to the ECP and is found guilty of corrupt practices,” he stated. The court also declared the former prime minister ineligible to hold public office for five years. suspension The much-anticipated order in the Toshakhana case was announced by an IHC division bench comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri on the former prime minister’s appeal against his prison term. The verdict was reserved a day earlier after the completion of the arguments from the respondents. The IHC in its short verdict, ordered to release of the PTI chairman on bail from Attock Jail and remarked that it would give the reasons for the suspension of the sentence in the detailed verdict later. Petition The PTI chairman challenged the cessation of his right to defense by the trial court in the Toshakhana case in the Islamabad High Court. The petitioner pleaded to the high court to declare the trial court’s order void and restore his right to defence in the case. PTI chairman also requested the court to immediately take up his petition. Read more: Toshakhana case: Chairman PTI challenges trial court’s order in IHC Toshakhana verdict On August 5, the District and Sessions Court awarded three years jail term to the PTI chairman in Toshakhana criminal case. The court also imposed Rs 100,000 fine on the convicted chief of the PTI. The court also declared the former prime minister ineligible to hold public office for five years. The court in its verdict said that the accused had been found guilty of corrupt practices and handed the PTI chairman three years jail sentence. “Imran Khan deliberately submitted fake details [of Toshakhana gifts] to the ECP and is found guilty of corrupt practices,” he stated. The court also declared the former prime minister ineligible to hold public office for five years.
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