The Islamabad High Court reserved its verdict on Wednesday on PTI founder Imran Khan’s petition against jail trial in the £190 million and Toshakhana NAB corruption cases.
The plea was heard by a two-member bench headed by IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri.
Negating the former premier’s plea, Attorney General for Pakistan Mansoor Awan informed the court that there were Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube screenshots that proved the media was being given access to the trial.
The PTI founder’s lawyer Shoaib Shaheen argued that there was no court order related to the jail trial. He said a notification was issued when the references had not even been filed, arguing that the malice was clear.
Referring to the judge hearing the cases, the counsel said that he has “left all his work, is sitting in jail only to conduct a trial in these cases”. Shaheen maintained that they were not against a jail trial, but that some parameters should be followed.
The IHC reserved its judgment in the case following the arguments.
