ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Islamabad adjourned the hearing of the Toshakhana case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan till April 11. The court will now hear the case on April 12th.
As Additional Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal started hearing, a junior lawyer representing the former premier informed the court that neither Imran Khan nor any of our senior lawyers had received summon notice in the case, as per media reports.
Shortly after the court inquired about a report regarding the implementation of the summons, the hearing was adjourned.
Since the Election Commission of Pakistan disqualified the PTI chief for making “false claims and incorrect declarations” last month, the Toshakhana issue became a significant source of contention in national politics. According to provisions 167 and 173 of the constitution, the former prime minister was deemed to have engaged in corrupt acts, according to the judgement.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in October, last year found him guilty of unlawfully selling gifts from foreign dignitaries and heads of state. The 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician was accused of misusing his 2018 to 2022 premiership to buy and sell gifts in state possession that were received during visits abroad and worth more than Rs140 million (USD 635,000