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Jun 5, 2024 | 
asianews.network | Umer Burney |Umer Burney Dawn
June 5, 2024 ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has stayed the execution of five ex-Navy officers who were previously sentenced to death through a general court martial decree, it emerged on Tuesday. IHC’s Justice Babar Sattar issued a written order for Monday’s hearing on the request of Navy officers who said they were not provided legal assistance during the general court martial order.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
asianews.network | Umer Burney |Umer Burney Dawn
June 4, 2024 ISLAMABAD – IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb announced the short verdict after accepting the appeals of the former premier and diplomat against their convictions in the case. The court order, copies of which are available with Dawn.com, said they “shall be released forthwith, if not incarcerated in any other case”.
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May 15, 2024 | 
asianews.network | Umer Burney |Umer Burney Dawn
May 16, 2024 ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday approved PTI founder Imran Khan’s bail application in the 190 million pound corruption case. A two-member bench, comprising IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, had reserved the verdict a day ago after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecution team and Sardar Latif Khan Khosa, the counsel for Imran, concluded their arguments.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
asianews.network | Umer Burney |Umer Burney Dawn
April 3, 2024 ISLAMABAD – Islamabad police on Tuesday filed a case on terror charges after all eight judges of the high court received threatening letters laced with a “white powder”.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
asianews.network | Umer Burney |Umer Burney Dawn
March 20, 2024 ISLAMABAD – An Islamabad accountability court on Tuesday acquitted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s sons — Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz — in three corruption references related to the Panama Papers. In 2018, Nawaz’s sons were declared proclaimed offenders after they failed to join the investigation in Avenfield Apartment, Al-Azizia and Flagship Investment references filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
asianews.network | Umer Burney |Umer Burney Dawn
February 28, 2024 ISLAMABAD – A Rawalpindi accountability court on Tuesday indicted former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the £190 million corruption case. Judge Nasir Javed Rana, who has replaced Judge Mohammad Bashir as he is retiring in a few weeks, presided over the hearing at Adiala Jail, where the PTI founder is currently incarcerated.
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Jan 30, 2024 | 
asianews.network | Umer Burney |Umer Burney Dawn
January 31, 2024 ISLAMABAD – The cipher case pertains to a diplomatic document that the Federal Investigation Agency’s charge sheet alleges was never returned by Imran. The PTI has long held that the document contained a threat from the United States to oust Imran as prime minister. The verdict comes nine days before the February 8 general elections, which the PTI is contesting amid a state crackdown and without an electoral symbol.
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Jan 30, 2024 | 
asianews.network | Umer Burney |Umer Burney Dawn
January 31, 2024 ISLAMABAD – In yet another blow to Imran Khan and his party, the former premier and his wife Bushra Bibi on Wednesday were sentenced to 14 years in jail in the Toshakhana reference. Last month, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had filed a fresh reference against the two in an accountability court for retaining a jewellery set received from Saudi crown prince against an undervalued assessment.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
asianews.network | Umer Burney |Umer Burney Dawn
January 9, 2024 ISLAMABAD – Incarcerated PTI chief Imran Khan on Monday said he had verbally dictated his guest essay published in British publication The Economist, which went viral on social media. Imran was convicted in the Toshakhana case on August 5, and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. On August 28, the Islamabad High Court had suspended his sentence. However, he has remained in jail since in other cases registered against him.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
asianews.network | Umer Burney |Umer Burney Dawn
December 22, 2023 ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday dismissed ex-premier Imran Khan’s petition seeking the suspension of the trial court verdict in the Toshakhana case. On August 5, a trial court in Islamabad had found the PTI chief guilty of “corrupt practices” in a case pertaining to concealing details of state gifts and sentenced him to three years in prison. Shortly after, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had disqualified Imran for five years.
