Hours after their acquittal in the Iddat case, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were sent on six-day physical remand in a new Toshakhana case on Sunday, Pakistan-based ARY News reported.
Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka accepted their pleas to annul their conviction, where they had been sentenced to seven years in prison and fined PKR 5,00,000 each earlier this year following a challenge by Bushra's ex-husband, Khawar Maneka.
A case was registered against the PTI founder and other politicians for protesting against the Election Commission of Pakistan's Toshakhana verdict in 2022, which disqualified him from holding office for a limited time.
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention stressed that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan's detention and prosecution in the first Toshakhana case and Cipher case were "without legal basis" and were politically motivated, reported Dawn.
An Islamabad local court will announce the verdict on the pleas filed by former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi seeking suspension of their sentences in the iddat case today.
A District and Sessions Court in Pakistan acquitted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Thursday in two May 9 violence cases, ARY News reported.
In a statement, PTI spokesperson said the Supreme Court should issue a contempt notice to Sanaullah. The party spokesperson said, "[The] Party, which has come to power through a deal, has been suggesting judges make a deal."
The probe unveiled that Khan had unlawfully received and sold seven watches associated with the state gift repository during his tenure as the country's leader.
An accountability court in Islamabad on Saturday granted immunity from criminal proceedings in two cases of the National Accountability Court to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari.