An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore on Wednesday allowed the local police to question and arrest Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, who is currently serving a three-year sentence in Attock Jail. They are being punished. Tosha Khana Reference – In a case relating to the attack on Jinnah House (Corps Commander’s House in Lahore Cantt) during the 9 May tragedy.
Riots erupted almost across the country after the arrest of the PTI chairman in the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust case on May 9, which left at least eight people dead and several others injured, after authorities called the P Thousands of TI workers were forced to arrest. .
During the protests, miscreants attacked civil and military installations, including Jinnah House and the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi. The army declared May 9 as “Black Day” and decided to try the protesters under the Army Act.
In an application to the ATC, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Investigation, Lahore sought permission to question and arrest the former prime minister, who was ousted by a no-confidence motion in April last year. was An attack on a military installation that was “sanctioned” by the court.
Imran Khan is currently imprisoned in Attock Jail.
The ousted prime minister was arrested from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore on August 5, soon after he was sentenced in the Tosha Khana case. A district and sessions court in the federal capital convicted the former prime minister on charges of corruption related to the state gift depository. He refuses.
The 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician was accused of abusing his prime ministerial position to buy and sell government-owned gifts received during overseas trips worth up to 140 million Pakistani rupees ($635,000). It was more.
Rejecting Khan’s plea to declare the case non-hearable, Additional and Sessions Judge Humayun Dilawar sentenced the former prime minister to three years in prison.
In his brief order, ADSJ Dilawar said: “The charge against the accused has been successfully established that [the accused] committed the offense of corruption by making and publishing false statements/declarations about the assets received through gifts. Committed from Tosha Khana and disposed of during the year 2018-2019, 2019-2020 and making and publishing false statement and filing false and incorrect declaration in the material especially regarding Form-8 for the year 2020-2021. get it done.”
“He cheated by providing information about gifts received from Tosha Khana which later proved to be false and untrue. His dishonesty has been proved beyond doubt.”
Declaring the PTI chairman guilty under Section 174 of the Election Act, 2017, the judge sentenced him to three years in prison and a fine of Rs.
Imran’s nephew handed over to military court Â
A police report submitted to the Lahore High Court (LHC) on August 18 stated that it is noteworthy that Khan’s nephew and focal person for his legal affairs, Hasan Niazi, was handed over to a military court for trial. had gone.
According to the report, Hassan will be investigated and prosecuted by the army after being named as the main accused in the Jinnah House attack case in Lahore.
The report further said that the police had arrested Hasan from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. However, he was later handed over to the Quetta Police and then to the Army on the commanding officer’s request.
Hassan, who is also the party chief’s focal person for legal affairs, was earlier handed over to the Quetta police in August, a day after his arrest on Sunday night from Abbottabad in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The development was confirmed by his father Hafeezullah Khan on his social media account.
However, it is not known in which case Hasan was arrested.
Police had earlier said Hassan was involved in the May 9 riots and attacks on sensitive military installations. It added that Niazi is wanted by the Lahore Police for his involvement in the Jinnah House attack.
