Islamabad: The District and Sessions Court rejected the petition of Chairman PTI in the Tosha Khana criminal case and declared the case admissible.
During the hearing of the Tosha Khana criminal case, the judge expressed his indignation and remarked that such a show of restraint has never happened in the judicial history. During the hearing, Chairman PTI’s lawyer Barrister Gohar Ali Khan’s junior lawyer Salman Ayub and Election Commission’s lawyer Saad Hassan appeared.
When the lawyer Gohar Ali Khan did not reach the court until the start of the hearing, Additional Sessions Judge Humayun Dilawar adjourned the hearing and remarked that the court is showing restraint in this case, never in history. Let me argue, otherwise I will pronounce judgment in this case.
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On this occasion, once again an application for exemption from attendance was filed by the lawyer of Chairman PTI, which was opposed by the lawyer of the Election Commission. Later, the hearing of the case started again on the complaint of the Election Commission, lawyer Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said that if the Election Commission does its discussion, we will discuss it on Monday.
The court directed Election Commission’s lawyer Amjad Parvez to present his arguments, on which he read the relevant part of the decision of the Islamabad High Court. The lawyer told the court that the Election Commission made the order by fulfilling all the requirements to start legal proceedings. The lawyer of the Election Commission while giving his arguments in the court said that I will speak in Urdu so that the media can also understand.
The court while talking to Amjad Parvez inquired whether you are giving arguments or scoring points? To which the Chairman PTI’s lawyer replied point scoring, while the Election Commission’s lawyer replied that he was giving arguments. The lawyer of the Election Commission asked for a break for further arguments, on which the court once again adjourned the hearing.
Later, the hearing resumed, in which the counsel of the Election Commission again gave his arguments and at the end, the court reserved the decision on the admissibility of the Tosha Khana criminal case, terminating the right of the Chairman PTI to be heard. The court reserved the decision without hearing the PTI chairman’s counsel. Earlier, the court gave time to Chairman PTI’s lawyer, but he did not give arguments and took the position that Khawaja Haris is busy, he cannot come today, give time till Monday.
Additional and Sessions Judge Humayun Dilawar, while giving a verdict, rejected the petition of Chairman PTI and declared the Tosha Khana criminal case against him admissible.
The court decided to start the trial against Chairman PTI from July 12 and called the prosecution witnesses. It should be noted that Chairman PTI had requested to declare the Tosha Khana criminal proceedings case inadmissible
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