ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday rejected PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s plea seeking to stay a trial court’s proceedings in the Toshakhana case.
On Oct 21 last year, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had disqualified Imran Khan in the Toshakhana reference under Article 63(1)(p) of the Constitution for making “false statements and incorrect declaration”.
In May, Islamabad Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Hamayun Dilawar had rejected Imran Khan’s challenge to the maintainability of the Toshakhana reference and indicted him in the case.
The trial court’s decision was challenged before the IHC, which remanded the case back to the former on July 4 to re-examine the matter in seven days in the light of legal questions to decide maintainability of the reference.
In its order, the apex court asked the high court to decide Imran Khan’s appeal and other applications together. The court maintained that it would not be proper to interfere with the proceedings of the trial court.
The court also issued a notice to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), ordering it to submit its response today. Later, Amjad Parvez, the ECP lawyer, attended the hearing to submit the response.
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