Islamabad High Court reserves judgement on Imran Khan's plea challenging conviction in Toshakhana case
The Hindu
Islamabad High Court reserves its verdict on Imran Khan's plea to suspend his three-year jail term in the Toshakhana corruption case. The bench later said that the reserved judgment would be announced at 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday.
The Islamabad High Court on August 28 reserved its verdict on former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s plea seeking the suspension of his three-year jail term in the Toshakhana corruption case.
A division bench comprising Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri reserved the verdict after hearing both parties’ counsels.
The bench later said that the reserved judgment would be announced at 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday.
During his arguments, the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) counsel Amjad Pervaiz urged the IHC to issue a notice to the state to make it a respondent in the case as, he said, the law made it necessary, Dawn newspaper reported.
When Pervaiz concluded his arguments, Khan's lawyer Latif Khosa said he did not have any objections to the ECP counsel’s plea to issue a notice to the state.
Subsequently, the court reserved its verdict on the case.
A trial court had convicted and sentenced the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman to three years in prison on August 5 in the case.