IHC moved against PTI chairman’s sentence

• Plea stated that the decision was against law.
• Demanded court to nullify the Trial Court’s decision.
• Urged to suspend conviction until decision on central appeal.

PTI lawyers on Tuesday filed a plea in Islamabad High Court against the Trial Court’s decision of PTI chief’s conviction in Toshakhana case.

Legal counsels of PTI chairman Salman Akram Raja, Barrister Gauhar and other lawyers approached the IHC.

Advocate Khawaja Haris and Barrister Gohar filed an appeal on behalf of chairman PTI.

The petition stated that Trial Court’s decision of PTI chief’s conviction is case is against the law and should be declared null and void.

The plea demanded suspension of punishment until the decision on prime appeal.

The trial court had sentenced PTI chairman to three years imprisonment and a fine of Rupees 0.1 million in Toshakhana case.

Following which the former prime minister filed an appeal against the decision of the trial court.