August 05, 2023
Senior political investigator and prestigious writer Hamid Mir said Saturday that while the Toshakhana argument against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Director Imran Khan was plain to see every step of the way, the manner in which the preliminary court and the managing judge, Extra Area Meetings Judge (ADSJ) Humayun Dilawar, led the case would raise a large number "questions".
In a significant improvement recently, ADSJ Humayun sentenced the previous top state leader for degenerate practices connected with the state gift storehouse — claims he denies.
The 70-year-old cricketer-turned-legislator was blamed for abusing his prevalence to trade presents in state ownership that were gotten during visits abroad and worth in excess of 140 million Pakistani rupees ($490,000).
Dismissing Khan's appeal looking for prohibition of the case, Judge Dilawar condemned the previous state head to three-year detainment.
"Charges of misdeclaration of resources have been demonstrated against PTI executive," Judge Humayun expressed in his judgment.
He then, at that point, gave Khan three years in prison alongside a fine of Rs100,000, while giving a capture warrant for his nearby capture.
Addressing Geo News regarding this situation, Mir said: "The present judgment was not surprising, each pakistani knew this would be the decision."
He further added that Khan and his legal advisors had done all that could be within reach to get the case moved to another court.
Notwithstanding, he said, it appears to be like the adjudicator had composed his decision ahead of time and was only trusting that earlier today will declare it.
"Obviously, the allegations against Khan convey weight, however the manner in which the court took care of the case and the lead of the appointed authority regarding this situation is very sketchy."
"The decision will be tested in higher courts and it is conceivable that Khan will get alleviation," he said adding that it was critical to take note of that one more PM of this nation had gotten rebuffed.
"Just top state leaders get rebuffed, and the people who smash the Constitution, leave without scott," he commented.
'Critical choice'
Besides, senior columnist and political expert Ansar Abbasi named the decision a "important choice" and said: "Regardless of whether the Toshakhana case was one of super defilement, when you take a gander at Nawaz Sharif's preclusion in High Court, this was areas of strength for an at every turn."
He added that Khan and his attorneys knew about this reality, which is the reason they zeroed in on details and attempted to push off hearings.
"This was areas of strength for an on the grounds that all parliamentarians need to pronounce resources openly consistently ... it is a major issue on the off chance that there's a deviation."
He added that Khan didn't proclaim his resources and just did so after 2 years, after the matter had been featured in the media.
Nonetheless, he noted, Khan enjoyed a benefit as the case was not heard in the High Court, but rather in a lower court.
"This offers him the chance to record an allure," he said.
'Sad'
Sharing his contemplations regarding this situation, senior political examiner and writer Shahzaib Khanzada said it was something awful, that one more PM has been excluded.
Notwithstanding, alluding to the case, he said that the judgment was reported too early as certain petitions are as yet forthcoming in the IHC.
"One of the petitions, scheduled for hearing one week from now is the one against Judge Dilawar's choice to dismiss the protection witness list. Assuming the IHC presently concludes that the appointed authority ought to consider the observer explanation, the preliminary will begin in the future. Notwithstanding, since the decision has been declared, there is uncertainty on how that will turn out, he said.
He further commented that tragically Khan had been viewed as at real fault for something he had blamed others for doing.
'Straightforward situation'
Senior writer Saleem Safi agreed with his partners' examinations and expressed that the case had for sure been an "obvious situations."
"To this end Khan decided to not contend, and they went through very nearly a whole year attempting to put off the hearings on specialized grounds."
Notwithstanding, he brought up that the Political race Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) reference against Khan was simply one part of the entire matter and different grounds of illicitness were getting looked at the Public Responsibility Department (Seize).
"In the first place, the council assigned to evaluate the upsides of gift didn't survey the worth of the gift kept by Imran Khan. In addition, the assets acquired through it were not moved to the public authority's record and went to Khan all things considered.
"One more inquiry being investigated by the Grab is the manner by which the gift traveled to another country without being enlisted with customs...You are permitted to keep the Toshakhana gift, yet are not permitted to sell them," he said.
