PAKISTAN POLITICS IMRAN KHAN CASE

Islamabad high court adjourns Imran Khan's appeal in toshakhana case to 24 August

epa10813251 Babar Awan (L), member of the lawyers team of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, leaves after a hearing in Islamabad, Pakistan, 22 August 2023. The Islamabad High Court adjourned the hearing in the appeal of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief's Imran Khan's sentence in the Toshakhana case to 24 August. The PTI chairman is seeking suspension of his sentence, and the two-member bench will hear the petition. The Supreme Court has also formed a three-member bench to hear the PTI chief's petitions against the Islamabad High Court's ruling in the case. The former prime minister has challenged the remanding back of the case to the trial court, and the high court has rejected his request to transfer the case to another court. The PTI chief is currently serving his jail term while awaiting the high court's decision on his conviction. EPA/SOHAIL SHAHZAD

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