The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday suspended the 14-year sentence handed out to PTI\u2019s founder and his wife Bushra Bibi in Toshakhana reference.
\nA division bench headed by Chief Justice Aamer Farooq also ruled that the appeals of the accused against their conviction in toshakhana case by the trial court would be fixed for hearing after the Eid.<\/p>\n
It may be mentioned here that Accountability Court\u2019s Judge Muhammad Bashir had awarded PTI founder and his wife 14-year rigorous imprisonment in Toshakhana case in January. The trial court also imposed a fine worth Rs787 million each to the accused while disqualified ex-prime minister for a period of ten year for holding a public office.
\nDuring the hearing, IHC\u2019s Chief Justice Aamer Farooq observed that proceeding in cipher case was about to complete in a few days. He said that the court couldn\u2019t fix toshakhana case for hearing the very next day after today\u2019s proceeding as it was going to conduct hearing in cipher case tomorrow.
\nThe IHC\u2019s bench said that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was to begin arguments and it didn\u2019t know how long it would take to conclude. Hence, the Toshakhana case is being postponed till after Eid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday suspended the 14-year sentence handed out to PTI\u2019s founder and his wife Bushra Bibi in Toshakhana reference. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Aamer Farooq also ruled that the appeals of the accused against their conviction in toshakhana case by the trial court would be fixed for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-397723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n