ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Friday transferred Judge Humayun Dilawar, who sentenced former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan, and posted him as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the LHC against a “newly created post”.
However, there was no clarification of the newly created post.
The IHC Registrar, on the instructions of Chief Justice Amir Farooq, issued the notification, removing Humayun Dilawar from the post of Additional Sessions Judge and made him OSD while he has been directed to report to the Islamabad High Court.
Later in the day, a letter emerged at the social media, wherein the judge in question had requested the LHC top judge to transfer him from his post.
It may be noted that Judge Dilawar had sentenced the PTI chief to three years imprisonment and a fine of Rs100,000 in Toshakhana criminal case earlier this month. The PTI had challenged the decision in Islamabad High Court and Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court heard the PTI chairman’s plea yesterday during which Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial said that the court will wait for the decision of the Islamabad High Court and then give its verdict accordingly.
During hearing on Friday, IHC Chief Justice Farooq observed that “we will not do what the trial court did in the Toshakhana case”.
