The lawyers of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will present their arguments in the Islamabad High Court today.


Islamabad: The hearing on the appeal against sentence of Chairman pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan and appeal for suspension of his sentence in Toshakhana criminal case will be held today (Thursday) at 2:00pm in Islamabad High Court (IHC).
According to details, the lawyers of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will present their arguments in the Islamabad High Court today.
Earlier on yesterday (Wednesday), the hearing against the decision of IHC in the Toshakhana case against Imran Khan was chaired by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Atta Bandial.
The court had directed the Attock jail authorities to allow PTI chairman’s lawyers Babar Awan and Latif Khosa to meet him.
During the hearing, Imran Khan's lawyer Latif Khosa filed a motion of no confidence against Chief Justice IHC Aamer Farooq, saying that High Court gave a verdict on the petitions on August 04 and on August 05, the trial court judge Humayun Dilawar decided against it.
Justice Jamal Mandokhail remarked that there was no injunction against the Sessions Court, it had to decide.
The Chief Justice remarked that there are more than 800 members of the National and Provincial Assemblies. The ECP cannot review the assets of hundreds of members of Assembly in 120 days. On August 05, the appeal was decided and you have challenged it immediately.
Justice Umar Atta Bandial stated that High Court said that you also objected to the fast pace of the trial with prejudice. “If any verdict is wrong, we can interfere in it. Every judge from the judge to the subordinate court has equal respect,” he added.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has approached the Supreme Court, disbelieving IHC. He has requested to transfer cases, trials and inquiries from IHC to Lahore or Peshawar High Court.
It is pertinent to note that Sessions Judge Islamabad Humayun Dilawar had PTI chief Imran Khan to three years imprisonment and a fine of Rs100,000 in Toshakhana case on August 05, after which he was arrested from Zaman Park Lahore on the same day and transferred to Attock Jail.
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