A special court of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday sentenced former Pakistan PM and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years of imprisonment in the Toshakhana-2 case, as reported by Dawn news.
PTI Central Information Secretary Sheikh Waqqas Akram said that the party will file an appeal in the high court at the earliest, in order to quash the ruling and correct the egregious miscarriage of justice.
Imran Khan and his wife, filed the appeal through their attorneys, Barrister Salman Safdar and Advocate Khalid Yousuf Chaudhry. Bushra Bibi appeared in person before the court to complete biometric verification.
During the court hearing, Prosecutor Iqbal Kakhar and Advocate Khalid Yousaf Chaudhry appeared in court while Bushra Bibi's counsel presented a plea for exemption during the proceedings.
While addressing a press conference in Peshawar on Monday, Akram warned that the people will not tolerate further injustice against former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.
This development comes just a week after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and other leaders of his party were charged in connection with the attack on the army's General Headquarters in Rawalpindi during last year's May 9 protests.
The Fake News Watchdog, an organization dedicated to researching misinformation, revealed that fabricated news during the PTI protest had a destructive affect and the sharing of infromation without verification distored the image of Pakistan at international level.
The audio clip was leaked days after PTI suddenly delayed its march after a government crackdown on protesters trying to reach D-Chowk, drawing widespread condemnation within the party.
The decision to arrest Bushra Bibi was taken by the accountability watchdog and it has directed the NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to fully cooperate with the Rawalpini team.