The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday suspended the non-bailable arrest warrant against former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case till March 13.
High Court Chief Justice Amir Farooq had reserved the verdict during the day, which was pronounced later.
The court has directed Imran Khan to appear in the district and sessions court on March 13.
Last week, a non-bailable arrest warrant was issued against him by the district and sessions court for not turning up in court in the Toshakhana case.
On Saturday, the Islamabad police had reached Lahore to arrest Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case. But this team returned without arrest. Khan’s legal team assured the police that he himself would be present in the court on March 7.
Meanwhile, on Monday also the court refused to cancel the non-bailable warrant issued against Imran. A case is going on against Imran Khan for selling gifts in Toshakhana. Imran Khan is accused of hiding the information about gifts received from Toshakhana from the Election Commission.
Toshakhana is a government department in Pakistan where valuable gifts received by the Prime Minister, President or other senior officials during a visit are kept. These gifts usually include expensive watches, gold and diamond jewelry, expensive jewelry, souvenirs, diamond-studded pens, crockery, and carpets.
There is an allegation against Imran Khan that he had bought some gifts of Toshakhana by paying only 20 percent and some by paying 50 percent and sold them at an expensive price.
