The Islamabad High Court (IHC) adjourned on Friday the hearing of a case pertaining to former PM Imran Khan’s conviction in the Toshakhana case.
The hearing has been adjourned till August 28 (Monday). On Thursday, both the IHC and Supreme Court had adjourned the hearing till Friday (today).
The attorney for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Advocate Amjad Pervaiz, was anticipated to wrap up his arguments today. However, a member of his team claimed that he was “extremely unwell” and failed to show, thus the IHC postponed the hearing until August 28 (Monday).
During the hearing on Thursday, Sardar Latif Khosa, Salman Akram Raja, and Barrister Gohar Ali Khan had argued against the appeal of Imran before the IHC. They raised issues of procedural lapse, limitation, and that the defence counsel was not provided to make final arguments before the final order of the trial court.
In his petitions, Imran expressed dissatisfaction over the Additional Sessions Judge, Islamabad (West) order of August 5, whereby, he was convicted under Article 174 of the Election Act, 2017.
Khosa said under the Elections Act, 2017, the matter is placed before the magistrate, who after examining the case file decides whether to send it to the Sessions Judge or not.
He said according to the Act, 120 days have been prescribed to raise objections on the statement of assets and liabilities of MNAs filed before the Election Commission annually of previous years. He said Imran filed wealth statement from 2018 to 2020, but the objections were raised in 2023.
