PTI Chairman Imran Khan has been re-arrested moments after his sentence in the Toshakhana criminal case was suspended.
Imran Khan was arrested in the cipher case and sent on judicial remand till August 30. The decision was announced by Official Secrets Act court judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain.
The special court has sent the written verdict to the Attock Jail superintendent. It ordered to present Imran Khan in the court on August 30.
The judge remarked that the suspect is on judicial remand in a case under the Official Secrets Act. The suspect should be kept in jail and presented in court on August 30.
Moments ago, the Islamabad High Court had suspended the sentence of PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the Toshakhana criminal case.
A division bench of IHC Chief Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri accepted Imran Khan’s appeal and pronounced the decision.
The court has ordered to release Imran Khan from jail. The PTI chief has been asked to submit bail bonds of Rs100,000.
The high court’s division bench had reserved its decision on Monday in an appeal filed by Imran Khan seeking suspension of his sentence in the Toshakhana case. It said it would announce the verdict at 11am today.
