Toshakhana case: IHC new bench to take up case against arrest of Imran, Bushra today

ISLAMABAD: A new bench was formed to hear petitions against the arrest of PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana case.

A division bench comprising Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb and Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir of Islamabad High Court (IHC) will hold the hearing on Thursday (today).

The petitions against the arrest of PTI and Bushra Bibi in the new Toshakhana case were heard on July 25 by a two-member division bench comprising Chief Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Taman Rifat Imtiaz however, lawyers of PTI founder asked IHC Chief Justice Amir Farooq not to hear the case.

The lawyers said that the PTI founder had filed a complaint against the IHC Chief Justice in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), so now he should not hear the case and send the case to another bench.

Chief Justice Amir Farooq rejected the request to leave the bench due to the filing of the reference and directed the lawyer to present his arguments. As Justice Taman Rifat Imtiaz went on summer vacation, he is now available to hear the division bench case, therefore a new bench has been constituted which will hear the case today.