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IHC fixes hearing of cases against Imran Khan tomorrow

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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has fixed the hearing of eight cases against former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan at 1:00 pm on Thursday (tomorrow), ARY News reported.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will conduct the hearing of interim bail pleas of Imran Khan in eight cases tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is also scheduled for attending an event at the IHC. PM Shehbaz Sharif will inaugurate a lawyers’ complex at the IHC tomorrow.

Imran Khan’s lawyer told the media that the PTI chief will not appear before the IHC tomorrow due to different reasons. The counsel said that a plea for Khan’s exemption from personal appearance will be filed tomorrow.

Disqualification petitions

In another development today, a petition was filed in the Peshawar High Court, seeking the disqualification of former prime minister Imran Khan from contesting National and provincial assemblies’ elections on multiple grounds.

Read: LHC rejects petition seeking Imran Khan’s removal as party head

The petition was filed by the provincial president of the ANP, Aimal Wali Khan, in the PHC through Qazi Jawad Ihsan and Muhammad Waqas, Advocate.

The writ petition stated that former prime minister Imran Khan should be disqualified from holding any public office for submitting false statements about his assets.

The petition maintained that the PTI chief did not mention the amount he got after selling gifts from Toshakhana in his assets while submitting nomination papers for by-polls in NA-45 and six other seats.

It also asked the court to direct the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to de-notify Imran Khan from his National Assembly seat, remove him from the slot of chairman PTI and disqualify him from public offices.

Another petition was filed by JUI-F worker Ahmad Ali, through Kamran Murtaza, advocate, to get Imran disqualified.

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