Pakistan’s jailed former high minister Imran Khan on Tuesday challenged his conviction within the Toshakhana corruption case by way of an ordeal court docket, pronouncing the decision by way of a “biased” pass judgement on used to be a “slap within the face due procedure and honest trial” and “a gross travesty of justice”.
Khan, 70, used to be arrested on Saturday in a while after an Islamabad trial court docket discovered him to blame of “corrupt practices” within the Toshakhana case and sentenced him to a few years in prison. Khan is recently lodged within the Attock Prison.
Khan has appealed his conviction and the three-year jail sentence within the case by way of submitting a plea thru his attorneys – Khawaja Haris and Gohar Ali Khan – on the Islamabad Top Court docket (IHC).
He stated that the trial pass judgement on made the conclusions at the foundation of a “predisposed thoughts” as a substitute of advantage of the case since the petitioner’s legal professional used to be no longer given the fitting of presenting arguments.
Khan’s plea said that the judgment handed by way of the trial court docket pass judgement on used to be “tainted with bias, is a nullity within the eye of the legislation and is susceptible to be put aside”.
It stated the order used to be issued with out offering the petitioner with a possibility to struggle his case and alleged that Further District and Classes Pass judgement on Humayun Dilawar had refused to listen to the arguments of Haris, Imran’s suggest within the Toshakhana case, at the pretext that he used to be past due – which the plea claimed used to be as a result of he used to be submitting different programs with the Ideal Court docket and Islamabad Top Court docket.
Thus, the petition stated, the decision of the trial court docket used to be a “slap within the face due procedure and honest trial” and “a gross travesty of justice”.
“The impugned judgment used to be introduced even though ahead of graduation suggest for the appellant used to be very a lot in court docket absolutely ready to handle arguments after explaining the explanations for the extend in arriving in court docket, however the trial pass judgement on, who all the way through the lawsuits have been showing his excessive bias in opposition to the appellant and his suggest, and continuously the usage of disparaging remarks towards them, even of their absence, used to be bent on sporting out a well-orchestrated plan,” it learn.
He accused that the judgment given on the conclusion of listening to had already been ready and written, which is why a 35-page verdict used to be issued inside of half-hour of the announcement of the verdict thru a brief order.
The plea named the district election commissioner of Islamabad because the respondent within the case.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf introduced on WhatsApp workforce of international media reporters that the court docket approved the petition and stuck it for listening to on Wednesday.
One by one, the IHC granted permission to Khan’s attorneys to satisfy him in prison because the court docket took up a petition filed by way of the birthday party in quest of A-Magnificence amenities for the ex-premier.
Later, the court docket requested Khan’s birthday party to supply names of 2 attorneys who must meet Khan in jail.
Khan used to be convicted within the case filed by way of the Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) ultimate yr after it had disqualified him for no longer appearing the cash he won after promoting the items he bought at a reduced worth from Toshakhana.
The Toshakhana case says that Khan “intentionally hid” main points of the items he retained from the Toshakhana, a repository the place gifts passed to executive officers from international officers are stored, all through his time because the high minister and proceeds from their reported gross sales.
Khan is accused of misusing his 2018 to 2022 premiership to shop for and promote items in state ownership that have been won all through visits in another country and price greater than Rs 140 million (USD 635,000).
That is the second one time in 3 months that Khan has been arrested.
Khan used to be arrested on Might 9 in Islamabad from the prime court docket’s premises within the Al-Qadir Believe corruption case, sparking violent protests by way of his supporters.
Khan faces greater than 140 instances around the nation and costs like terrorism, violence, blasphemy, corruption and homicide.
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Aug 8, 2023