Islamabad: An Islamabad court announced on Friday that it would frame charges against former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan On 10 May in a case in which he allegedly concealed income from the sale of state gifts.
Toshakhana case The case was filed against Khan last year after the Election Commission of Pakistan ruled that he failed to declare money received after selling gifts given to him by foreign dignitaries.
The Toshakhana is a treasure house where gifts received as a mark of respect from foreign dignitaries are stored.
Khan, 70, has challenged the maintainability of the case but Additional Sessions Judge Humayun Dilawar of the sessions court dismissed the jurisdictional submissions and objections after hearing the arguments of the lawyers.
The judge announced the indictment of accused Khan and personally summoned the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party chief on the day of indictment.
Earlier, the court had fixed February 7 as the date for indicting him, but the process was postponed several times due to Khan’s unavailability and pressure from his lawyers to decide the issue of maintainability of the case .
The case is based on the ECP’s decision of November 22 last year, which decided to prosecute Khan and later sent a reference to the court regarding gifts he had received from foreign dignitaries during his tenure as prime minister. I had misled the officers. ,
The cricketer-turned-politician currently has over 140 cases registered against him. high treason, terrorMurder, attempted murder, blasphemy, and other charges.
Khan was ousted from power in April last year after losing a no-confidence vote, which he alleged was part of a US-led conspiracy targeting him because of his independent foreign policy decisions on Russia, China and Afghanistan .
Speaking informally to reporters at the Islamabad High Court on Thursday, Khan said that two hundred cases would be filed against him soon.
Toshakhana case The case was filed against Khan last year after the Election Commission of Pakistan ruled that he failed to declare money received after selling gifts given to him by foreign dignitaries.
The Toshakhana is a treasure house where gifts received as a mark of respect from foreign dignitaries are stored.
Khan, 70, has challenged the maintainability of the case but Additional Sessions Judge Humayun Dilawar of the sessions court dismissed the jurisdictional submissions and objections after hearing the arguments of the lawyers.
The judge announced the indictment of accused Khan and personally summoned the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party chief on the day of indictment.
Earlier, the court had fixed February 7 as the date for indicting him, but the process was postponed several times due to Khan’s unavailability and pressure from his lawyers to decide the issue of maintainability of the case .
The case is based on the ECP’s decision of November 22 last year, which decided to prosecute Khan and later sent a reference to the court regarding gifts he had received from foreign dignitaries during his tenure as prime minister. I had misled the officers. ,
The cricketer-turned-politician currently has over 140 cases registered against him. high treason, terrorMurder, attempted murder, blasphemy, and other charges.
Khan was ousted from power in April last year after losing a no-confidence vote, which he alleged was part of a US-led conspiracy targeting him because of his independent foreign policy decisions on Russia, China and Afghanistan .
Speaking informally to reporters at the Islamabad High Court on Thursday, Khan said that two hundred cases would be filed against him soon.