Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was indicted in Toshakhana case on Wednesday.
\nAdditional and District Sessions Judge Humayun Dilawar presided over the hearing concerning the Toshakhana case.
\nThe Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had sought proceedings under the criminal law against the PTI chief. The ECP had approached the court on the matter on a reference filed by lawmakers from the ruling coalition last year.
\nThe reference alleges that Imran had \u201cdeliberately concealed\u201d details of the gifts he retained from the Toshaskhana \u2014 a repository where presents handed to government officials from foreign officials are kept \u2014 during his time as the prime minister and proceeds from their reported sales.
\nAhead of the NAB hearing today, strict security arrangements were seen outside the police lines office by a Dawn correspondent, and nearby roads have been blocked off by placing containers.
\nPML-N\u2019s Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha, who was present at the Police Lines office, asserted that the PTI chief\u2019s arrest was made after \u201cfulfilling all legal requirements\u201d.
\nSeparately, the Islamabad Police said in a tweet that strict security would be in place ahead of the hearing and only permitted persons would be allowed inside the court.
\n\u201cStrict action will be taken against those causing damage to state and private property,\u201d it warned. The police further said that armed security had been kept on \u201chigh alert\u201d considering the \u201crisks of terrorism\u201d.
\nSeparately, PTI leaders claimed that Imran was being denied legal representation and party leaders were not being allowed to meet him.
\n\u201cSo [Imran\u2019s] lawyers and senior leadership not allowed to meet him in the hastily set up makeshift NAB court in Police Lines Guest House. Many leaders and lawyers not allowed inside premises. All signs of another kangaroo court set up,\u201d said PTI\u2019s Shireen Mazari.
\nThe PTI chairman was arrested on Tuesday from outside the Islamabad High Court under a warrant issued by the NAB that accuses him of corruption and corrupt practices under Section 9(a) of the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999.
\nThe accountability watchdog alleges that Imran and his wife obtained billions of rupees and land worth hundreds of kanals from Bahria Town Ltd for legalising Rs50 billion that was identified and returned to the country by the UK during the previous PTI government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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