Imran Khan Indicted In Toshakhana Case A Day After Arrest In Al-Qadir Trust Case

The indictment comes just a day after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief was arrested from court premises in the Al-Qadir Trust case.

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan

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An Islamabad court on Wednesday indicted former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case in which he hid the proceeds from the sale of state gifts. The Toshakhana case was filed against Khan last year after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) ruled that he failed to declare the funds he received after selling the gifts given by foreign dignitaries.

The indictment comes just a day after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief was arrested from Islamabad High Court premises in the Al-Qadir Trust case.

Meanwhile, an accountability court reserved its verdict on the plea seeking 14-day physical remand of the PTI chairman in the Al-Qadir Trust case. 

Both hearings were held at Islamabad Police Lines separately.

After Khan's arrest on Tuesday, a situation of unrest prevailed as his supporters thronged the streets to protest his arrest. 

Khan, 70, had earlier challenged the maintainability of the Toshakhana case but Additional Sessions Judge Humayun Dilawar of the sessions court had dismissed his pleas and objection regarding the jurisdiction after hearing arguments by the lawyers.

The judge on May 5 summoned the chief of the PTI party to be present in person on the day of the indictment.

Earlier, the court had fixed February 7 to indict Imran Khan but the process was deferred several times as he was not present and his lawyers pressed to decide the issue of maintainability of the case.

The Toshakhana reference case has been at the centre of controversy after the ECP ordered the expulsion of Imran Khan as a member of Pakistan's National Assembly and ordered a criminal proceeding against him. 

Khan was ousted from power in April last year after losing a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly.

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