ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday moved IHC against the Toshakhana inquiry launched against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
On the other hand, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking dismissal of all case registered against him, calling them politically motivated.
The former prime minister filed a petition in the IHC through his counsel Khawaja Haris, challenged the NAB’s summon.
Chairman NAB and the additional director anti-graft watchdog Rawalpindi have been made respondents in the case.
The former prime minister pleaded with the court to convert Toshakhana inquiry into an investigation till the final decision in the case.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had launched probe against former prime minister Imran Khan in Toshakhana case on March 9.
‘LHC moved for dismissal of all cases against Imran’
Meanwhile, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking dismissal of all case registered against him, calling them politically motivated.
PTI Secretary General Asad Umar is also an applicant in the petition filed under Article 199 of the Constitution. The high court has also been pleaded to grant bail to the PTI chief in all the cases. The petition has been filed through Barrister Salman Safdar and Barrister Sameer Khosa.
The former prime minister has been facing spate of cases, including terrorism and misdeclaration of assets, since his ouster from the prime minister’s office through a no-confidence vote in April last.
The PTI has made the federation, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the prime minister, the interior minister, the caretaker chief minister, the Punjab IGP, the Anti-Corruption Department, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) respondents in the case.
In a statement, Asad Umar said they had moved the high court against “revengeful acts that were part of an organised campaign” to bar Imran Khan from taking part in elections. He said factors regarding threats to Mr Khan’s life and violation of human rights had also been laid forth before the court.
