Imran set to appear before Islamabad courts in multiple cases today

PTI Chairman Imran Khan is expected to appear in person in various courts in Islamabad in four different cases pertaining to foreign funding, terrorism, Toshakhana, and attempted murder on Tuesday (today).

The former premier has left for Islamabad with party leaders to appear in courts, the party said on its official Twitter account.

It said a large number of people welcomed Imran and his caravan at different spots along the motorway as the party chief headed for his appearance in the courts.

The banking and the anti-terrorism courts are located in the judicial complex in Sector G-11, while the sessions court is housed at F-8 Kacheri in the capital.

Cases against Imran

The ECP had in November 2022 approached the Islamabad sessions court with a copy of the Toshakhana reference, seeking proceedings against Imran under criminal law for allegedly misleading officials about the gifts he received from foreign dignitaries during his tenure as the prime minister.

In another action, a terrorism case was filed against Imran in Oct 2022 at Islamabad’s Sangjani Police Station after PTI workers took to the streets and held demonstrations outside ECP offices across the country, after it disqualified the former prime minister in the Toshakhana reference.

Likewise, PML-N MNA Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha had lodged a complaint alleging that the shot fired by the KP policeman outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Constitution Avenue on Oct 21, 2022 was “an attempt on his life” allegedly at the behest of Imran.

The disqualification of Imran in the Toshakhana case had sparked protests in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, especially at Faizabad, resulting in the arrest of three people — a PTI lawmaker and his two police guards. The clash between the protesters and police had started outside the Election Commission of Pakistan soon after the verdict disqualifying Imran Khan when the KP police guard of MNA Saleh Mohammad fired a gunshot.

The fourth case pertained to the FIA wherein the agency had in October 2022 booked Imran and other PTI leaders in connection with their party allegedly receiving prohibited funding. The case was filed by the state through FIA’s Corporate Banking Circle in Islamabad.

In September last year, the ECP had issued its verdict in the prohibited funding case — previously referred to as the foreign funding case — against the PTI, which stated that the party did indeed receive prohibited funding.



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