Former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday filed a plea in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) challenging his conviction in the Toshakhana case by an Islamabad trial court.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader is being held at Attock Jail after being arrested on Saturday. In the Toshakhana criminal case, an Islamabad district and sessions court barred him from politics for five years and sentenced him to three years in prison.
توشہ خان کیس کے فیصلہ کو اسلام آباد ہائی کورٹ میں چیلنج کر دیا ہے. pic.twitter.com/iqoKlIOJce
— Naeem Haider Panjutha (@NaeemPanjuthaa) August 8, 2023
In a tweet today, Imran’s lawyer Naeem Haider Panjotha posted a copy of the petition. The petition says that the court’s order was “not sustainable” and “liable to be set aside” as it was issued without providing the petitioner with a chance to fight his case.
On Monday, Panjotha approached the IHC seeking A-Class jail facilities for Imran.
The petition urged the IHC to declare Imran’s detention in Attock Jail “illegal”. It also requested that Imran be shifted to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.
