ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s jailed former premier Imran Khan on Tuesday challenged his conviction in the Toshakhana corruption case by a trial court, saying the verdict by a “biased” judge was a “slap in the face due process and fair trial” and “a gross travesty of justice”.
Khan, 70, was arrested on Saturday shortly after an Islamabad trial court found him guilty of “corrupt practices” in the Toshakhana case and sentenced him to three years in jail. Khan is currently lodged in the Attock Jail.
Khan has appealed his conviction and the three-year prison sentence in the case by filing a plea through his lawyers Khawaja Haris and Gohar Ali Khan at the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
He said the trial judge made the conclusions on the basis of a “predisposed mind” instead of merit of the case because the petitioner’s lawyer was not given the right of presenting arguments.
Khan’s plea stated that the judgment passed by the trial court judge was “tainted with bias, is a nullity in the eye of the law and is liable to be set aside”.
The plea named the district election commissioner of Islamabad as the respondent.