IHC suspends PTI founder, Bushra Bibi's sentence in gifts case
Pakistan
Appeal against sentence will be fixed for hearing after Ediul Fitr
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday suspended the sentence awarded to the PTI founder and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana case.
A two-member bench of the Islamabad High Court conducted hearing of the case. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq said appeal against the sentence would be fixed for hearing after Eidul Fitr.
It may be recalled that the PTI founder and his wife Bushra Bibi were awarded 14-year rigorous imprisonment in the Toshakhana case.
Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir, while announcing the decision in the Toshakhana reference in Adiala jail, had disqualified both for any public office for 10 years.
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Earlier in February, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) had established a special bench to hear the appeals filed by the PTI founder in the Toshakhana and cipher cases. Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan were to hear the cases. The registrar of the high court had scheduled the hearing of the PTI founder's pleas.
