In a big relief for the former jailed Pakistan prime minister, the Islamabad High Court today suspended Imran Khan's conviction and three-year sentence in the Toshakhana corruption case and ordered his release.
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00:00 In a big relief for the former jailed Pakistan Prime Minister, the Islamabad High Court today
00:07 suspended Imran Khan's conviction and three-year sentence in the Toshakhana corruption case
00:13 and ordered his release.
00:14 The announcement of this long-awaited verdict was made by a division bench led by Islamabad
00:20 High Court Chief Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri.
00:25 Decision of District Court has been suspended by IHC.
00:28 Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf said in a short message, "IHC has kept its
00:33 decision pending on Monday regarding Imran Khan's appeal contesting his conviction in
00:38 the Toshakhana corruption case.
00:40 The ambiguity surrounding whether Khan's release would occur automatically due to the
00:43 High Court's ruling stems from additional court orders that have sanctioned his arrest
00:47 in different cases.
00:48 The implications of the prohibition on his participation in elections are presently unclear."
00:53 Earlier a lower court in Islamabad had found Imran Khan, the 70-year-old leader of Pakistan
00:58 Tehrik-e-Insaf, guilty and handed him a three-year jail sentence on August 5.
01:03 The court found him guilty of illegally selling state gifts, popularly known as the Toshakhana
01:07 corruption case.
01:08 The court also disqualified him from politics for five years.
01:11 The cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan received a conviction due to acquisitions
01:15 of illicitly selling state presents that he and his family had obtained while he was in
01:19 office from 2018 to 2022.
01:21 Furthermore, he was handed a five-year prohibition from engaging in politics, which effectively
01:26 disqualifies him from participating in any forthcoming elections.
01:30 Since his removal from office in April of the previous year, Imran Khan has found himself
01:33 entangled in more than 150 legal cases.
01:35 Conversely, he contends that these cases are driven by political motives.
01:39 Following his arrest, Imran Khan's legal representatives conveyed their intention to promptly submit
01:43 an appeal.
01:44 Khan challenged his conviction within days and the IHC began a formal hearing on August
01:48 22.
01:49 It adjourned the case on Friday after the lawyer representing the Election Commission
01:52 of Pakistan did not appear due to endless.
01:54 Imran Khan's lawyer, Latif Khosa, completed his argument on Thursday, asserting that the
01:59 verdict was given in haste and was full of shortcomings.
02:02 He also urged the court to set aside the sentence, but the defense team demanded more time to
02:05 complete its arguments.
02:07 The case that was filed by the ECP in May alleges Pakistan's Prime Minister of deliberately
02:11 concealing details of the gifts he retained from the Toshakhana.
02:15 It is a repository where presents offered to government officials during their foreign
02:18 visits are kept.
02:20 The PM was alleged of concealing the details of gifts that were kept during his tenure.
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