{"id":55144,"date":"2024-02-01T19:45:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T19:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/verdicts-coming-from-elsewhere-merely-being-announced-imran-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T19:45:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T19:45:26","slug":"verdicts-coming-from-elsewhere-merely-being-announced-imran-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/verdicts-coming-from-elsewhere-merely-being-announced-imran-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Verdicts coming from \u2018elsewhere\u2019 merely being announced: Imran | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, who was handed down a 14-year jail sentence in the Toshakhana case along with his wife Bushra Bibi a day earlier, said that verdicts against them were coming from “elsewhere” and their \u201cpuppets\u201d were merely announcing them.<\/p>\n

The verdict came just a day after a\u00a0special court, established under the Official Secrets Act, awarded\u00a0 Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi 10 years imprisonment in the high-profile cypher case.<\/p>\n

Speaking to journalists following a hearing of \u201cun-Islamic\u201d marriage case, Khan lashed out at the judges making the decisions, saying that they were turning the justice system into a spectacle.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will show the public in a press conference that necklace [in Toshakhana case] based on which the conviction was made,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Imran said that the necklace was not in Toshakhana (gift depository) and that a Saudi envoy himself had brought it to his residence, adding that Bushra Bibi had nothing to do with the case.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0Imran, Qureshi compromised secret cypher comms system: court says in detailed verdict<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Regarding allegations against him, Khan clarified, “I did not enter politics to strike deals or seek personal benefits. Including Bushra Bibi in cases was a move to tarnish my reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Bani Gala being declared \u201csub-jail\u201d, Khan stated, “I just found out that Bushra Bibi was moved to Bani Gala last night. We did not request or seek any special treatment for her.”<\/p>\n

The former prime minister said that there was no connection between Bushra Bibi and the cases against her but despite that, she voluntarily came to jail to surrender.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe [Bushra] voluntarily came to jail as many PTI women members were already imprisoned,\u201d he said and added he did not know why his wife was moved to Bani Gala.<\/p>\n

A day earlier, Bushra Bibi voluntarily surrendered before the accountability court in Rawalpindi\u2019s Adiala Jail after receiving a 14-year sentence in the Toshakhana case.<\/p>\n

Later in the day, Bushra was relocated to Bani Gala, the Islamabad residence of Imran Khan, following its designation as a sub-jail, as per a notification.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, who was handed down a 14-year jail sentence in the Toshakhana case along with his wife Bushra Bibi a day earlier, said that verdicts against them were coming from “elsewhere” and their \u201cpuppets\u201d were merely announcing them. The verdict came just a day after a\u00a0special court, established under the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55145,"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:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/Imran-Khan-Reuters1684692189-0\/Imran-Khan-Reuters1684692189-0.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-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