ISLAMABAD: Amid strong protests from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawyers, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday postponed hearing PTI chief Imran Khan's plea against the Toshakhana verdict as the lawyer representing the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) failed to appear before the court.
Yesterday, the PTI chairperson had failed to get immediate relief from the IHC which had refused to suspend an order of a trial court that sentenced him to three years in prison for making inaccurate declarations about his assets and liabilities.
The development had come with the backdrop of the apex court having raised questions about the verdict issued by Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Humayun Dilawar on August 5, noting that prima facie there were serious defects in the trial court’s verdict.
The SC had, nonetheless, observed that it would wait for the IHC to issue a verdict on a petition filed by the former prime minister against the trial court’s order.
