The judiciary of Pakistan has temporarily halted the fourteen-year imprisonment sentence imposed upon Imran Khan in a corruption lawsuit
In a significant reprieve granted to the incarcerated former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, a distinguished court on Monday suspended the 14-year sentence imposed upon him and his consort, Bushra Bibi, in the Toshakhana corruption case.
Each of the duo had been adjudged to serve a 14-year term in confinement by an accountability tribunal on January 31, purportedly for malfeasance in their handling of state-endowed gifts procured from the national treasury, mere days before the general electoral proceedings. They lodged an appeal against the verdict before the Islamabad High Court, wherein a panel comprising two judges, presided over by the Chief Justice of the IHC, Aamer Farooq, adjudicated the matter.
On Monday, the High Court bestowed transient respite upon the pair in question, by suspending their sentences and extending to them the privilege of bail in this affair. Nevertheless, it was declared that their pleas contesting the conviction would be deliberated upon subsequent to the conclusion of the Eid festival, which falls next month.
However, Khan’s liberation might not come to fruition, as he remains entangled in other legal entreaties and thus cannot secure his release until absolution is conferred upon him in these other litigations. Likewise, Bushra finds herself ensnared in a separate legal imbroglio and may not experience freedom even after the suspension of her sentence.
In the Toshakhana corruption imbroglio, the septuagenarian erstwhile cricket luminary turned statesman stands accused of unlawfully retaining opulent state offerings bestowed upon him during his tenure as Pakistan’s premier.
