Pakistan: Relief to Imran Khan from Islamabad High Court, court dismisses Toshakhana case

The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday (July 4) declared the Toshakhana case against the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) inadmissible. High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq has given this decision on the petition filed by the former Prime Minister against the decision of the trial court. The trial court had declared the criminal case filed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) admissible.

Imran Khan was summoned by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in connection with its probe into the Toshakhana case. According to a report in ARY News, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman has been asked to bring a record of all gifts to the state. According to the NAB notice, Imran Khan has received 108 gifts from Toshakhana.

‘The government wants to put me in jail’

Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has given a statement saying that the government is trying its best to put me in jail. I want the country to know how a plan has been made to arrest me on the basis of false and baseless cases. A lawyer is killed in Quetta and without any investigation and evidence. Shahbaz Sharif’s advisor comes on TV the same day and says that the murder was done by Imran Khan and later the video of the same lawyer’s widow shows who did it.

What is Toshakhana case?

The ruling Pakistani Democratic Movement had taken up the Toshakhana gift matter with the Election Commission. He had said that Imran had sold gifts received from different countries during his tenure. Imran Khan had told the Election Commission that he had bought all these gifts from Toshakhana for Rs 2.15 crore, on selling he got Rs 5.8 crore. Later it was revealed that this amount was more than 20 crores.