Express News said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s request to have the trial court’s ruling in the Toshakhana case suspended was denied by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday.
The decision was announced by Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri and Chief Justice IHC Aamer Farooq. The court ruled that the legislation does not allow for the reexamination or alteration of orders pertaining to suspension.
It said that the Supreme Court has made it clear that a decision is not suspended just because a sentence is suspended.
“In the current case, no particular plea was offered, and an attempt has been made to conceal the omission through later applications. The court declared in its decision that “even though the extraordinary and exceptional circumstances existed in the form of the notification dated 08.08.2023 when the application for suspension of the sentence was filed, they were not mentioned in the earlier application.”
The decision has essentially ruled out the ex-PTI chairman’s ability to run in the next general elections, which are set for February 8, 2024.
Imran Khan’s attorney and legal affairs spokesperson, Naeem Haider Panjutha, stated on X that Khan’s request to postpone the ruling in the Tosha Khana criminal case was denied in order to maintain the disqualification.
شکریہ محترم عامر فاروق صاحب
توشہ خانہ فوجداری کیس میں فیصلہ معطل کرنے کی عمران خان صاحب کی درخواست مسترد کردی تاکہ نااہلی برقرار رہے،اسے کہتے ہیں انصاف ہوتا ہوا نظر آرہاہے،ایک طرف درخواست پر 11 مہینے تک فیصلہ نہیں دیا جاتا اور دوسری طرف کاغذات نامزدگی سے پہلے درخواست خارج کر دی…— Naeem Haider Panjutha (@NaeemPanjuthaa) December 21, 2023
Imran Khan had requested to drop his appeal against his disqualification in the Toshakhana case, but the IHC had denied his request earlier this month.
The former prime minister wished to withdraw his appeal against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) over his disqualification in order to refile it in the Lahore High Court (LHC), according to PTI’s attorney Barrister Ali Zafar, who addressed the court.
Nonetheless, Justice Farooq chose to keep Imran’s petition against the ECP pending in the federal capital’s court.
Presents from heads of state, foreign diplomats, and state officials are kept in storage by the Toshakhana, a state department. The Pakistani Constitution states that if a gift recipient wishes to keep it for themselves, they must disclose it to the cabinet division and pay the necessary fee.
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