PTI will appeal to the Supreme Court after the court rejected Imran’s request to quash the order against him in the Toshakhana case. Imran’s attorney stated that the issuance of the warrant against the private complainant was blocked to some extent.
ISLAMABAD: On Monday, a district and sessions court in Islamabad rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s application to revoke the non-bailable warrant issued for him in the Toshakhana case, upholding the former prime minister’s arrest warrant.
The court had deferred its decision on the case’s outcome earlier in the day.
Lawyers Qaiser Imam, Gohar, and Ali Bukhari submitted a plea in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal on behalf of the ousted prime minister.
Imam had said at the hearing that since the issue of a warrant in a private complaint had been “prevented to some extent,” the court need to revoke Imran’s arrest order.
Judge Iqbal had argued in his remarks that Imran’s attorneys had informed them that day, February 28, that their client would not be appearing in court.
PTI will move IHC
To have the arrest warrants for Imran revoked, the previous ruling party would petition the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
After receiving the detailed verdict of the sessions court, PTI attorneys will file a petition in the high court.
The PTI leader arrived at Islamabad’s judicial complex on February 28 with members of his party to defend himself against charges of terrorism and illegal finance.
It is important to note that the sessions court is in F-8 Kachehri, which is about a half-hour drive from the courthouse and where the PTI leader had to appear in the Toshakhana reference and an attempted murder case.
Imran’s attorney had asked the judge at the Toshakhana reference proceedings to postpone the hearing by an additional five days.
The defence attorney had stated that he was unable to appear in court with the deposed premier. He had however added that if his client was able to escape the courthouse in time, he would show up in court.
When he issued the non-bailable warrants, Judge Iqbal had postponed the hearing until March 7. (tomorrow).
The PTI leader avoided arrest in the most recent development a day earlier when his supporters stopped the Islamabad police from accessing his Zaman Park mansion in Lahore amid intense drama.
For “compliance” with the arrest orders issued by the sessions court of the federal capital in the Toshakhana case, the police were able to serve the notice on Imran by giving it to his head of staff Shibli Faraz.
