{"id":38322,"date":"2023-12-22T01:43:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T01:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/imrans-disqualification-intact-as-ihc-rejects-conviction-appeal-daily-times\/"},"modified":"2023-12-22T01:43:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T01:43:04","slug":"imrans-disqualification-intact-as-ihc-rejects-conviction-appeal-daily-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/imrans-disqualification-intact-as-ihc-rejects-conviction-appeal-daily-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran’s disqualification intact as IHC rejects conviction appeal – Daily Times"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday dismissed the plea of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, seeking suspension of trial court\u2019s verdict in the Toshakhana case.<\/p>\n

Chief Justice IHC Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri announced the decision. The court stated in its ruling that there is no provision in the law for reconsideration or modification of orders related to suspension.<\/p>\n

It stated that the Supreme Court has clarified that the suspension of a sentence does not mean the suspension of a decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the instant case, no specific plea was raised and subsequent application has been made to cover up the omission. Even no extraordinary or exceptional circumstances were mentioned in the earlier application though they existed in the form of the notification dated 08.08.2023 when the application for suspension of the sentence was filed,\u201d the court stated in its verdict.<\/p>\n

The ruling has effectively eliminated the possibility for the ex-PTI chairman to participate in the upcoming general elections, scheduled to be held on February 8, 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cImran Khan\u2019s request to suspend the decision in the Tosha Khana criminal case was rejected so that the disqualification would remain,\u201d Khan\u2019s lawyer and spokesman on legal affairs, Naeem Haider Panjutha, said on X.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, IHC had rejected a plea by Imran Khan to withdraw his appeal against his disqualification in the Toshakhana case. PTI\u2019s lawyer Barrister Ali Zafar informed the courtroom that the former prime minister wanted to withdraw the appeal against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding his disqualification to refile it in the Lahore High Court (LHC). Justice Farooq, however, decided to retain Imran\u2019s appeal against the ECP in the federal capital\u2019s court.<\/p>\n

The Toshakhana is a state department which retains gifts given by state officials, foreign diplomats and heads of different governments. According to the Constitution of Pakistan, the recipient of the gifts must report them to the cabinet division and pay an appropriate amount if the said recipient wants to keep it personally. Meanwhile, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Thursday claimed that Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) was \u2018safer\u2019 for the party\u2019s leaders than the province of Punjab.<\/p>\n

While speaking to the media in Peshawar after his appearance at the high court, the newly elected PTI chairman said that he hoped that a party having \u201c70 per cent popularity\u201d across the country would not be kept out of the upcoming elections. \u201cIf this happens, a question mark would be raised over the polls,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe judiciary is responsible for the protection of rights,\u201d he maintained.<\/p>\n

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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday dismissed the plea of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, seeking suspension of trial court\u2019s verdict in the Toshakhana case. Chief Justice IHC Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri announced the decision. The court stated in its ruling that there is no provision in the law for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dailytimes.com.pk\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Islamabad-High-Court-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t