{"id":40462,"date":"2023-12-27T10:17:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T10:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/toshakhana-sc-rejects-pti-founders-plea-for-immediate-hearing-against-his-conviction\/"},"modified":"2023-12-27T10:17:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T10:17:26","slug":"toshakhana-sc-rejects-pti-founders-plea-for-immediate-hearing-against-his-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/toshakhana-sc-rejects-pti-founders-plea-for-immediate-hearing-against-his-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Toshakhana: SC rejects PTI founder&#8217;s plea for immediate hearing against his conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday rejected a request to fix the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder\u2019s plea against his conviction in the Toshakhana case during winter vacations, ARY News reported.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As per details, the PTI founder moved SC for an immediate hearing of the plea related to the suspension of his conviction in the Toshakhana case.<\/p>\n<p>However, the plea was turned down by Acting CJP, Justice Sardar Tariq Masood, citing the non-availability of a three-member bench during winter vacations.<\/p>\n<p>The plea will be taken after winter vacations, he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>On August 5, a trial court sentenced the former prime minister to three years in prison after he was found guilty of graft in the Toshakhana case.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more: <a title=\"SC office returns PTI founder\u2019s appeal against Toshakhana case sentence\" href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/sc-office-returns-pti-founders-appeal-toshakhana-case-sentence\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">SC office returns PTI founder\u2019s appeal against Toshakhana case sentence<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Following his conviction, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) disqualified the former prime minister for five years under Section 167 of the Elections Act, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on August 28 suspended the sentence awarded to the PTI founder in the Toshakhana case but his conviction and disqualification remain intact.<\/p>\n<p>Later, PTI founder moved to Islamabad High Court (IHC) for rectification of its August 28 order, by suspending the judgment on August 5 passed by the trial court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, 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