Islamabad (Staff Report/Agencies): A local court on Wednesday summoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan in Toshakhana case for appearance in personal capacity for Thursday hearing.
Additional District and Session Judge Hamayun Dilawar has fixed Toshakhana case hearing on Thursday.
On Tuesday, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) annulled the sessions court’s verdict wherein it had rejected PTI Chairman’s petition to declare the Toshkhana case inadmissible.
IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq pronounced the verdict reserved on June 23 on a petition filed by the former prime minister, challenging the Toshakhana trial proceedings.
In the verdict, the IHC asked the sessions court to consider the ex-PM’s plea as pending and decide it afresh within seven days.
“The application in question shall be deemed to be pending and decided afresh by the learned trial court within seven days from the receipt of this judgment, keeping in view the law in question and observations made above,” the court order reads.
The IHC also observed that the sessions court had left the “issue undecided and dismissed the application of the petitioner with scanty reasons which left the main legal issues undecided or unresolved”. It added that it would be only proper for the trial court to decide the application afresh after hearing the parties with detailed reasons keeping in view the provisions of Article 10-A of the Constitution.
Imran was indicted in the Toshakhana case on May 10.
