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  • SC grants bail to woman accused of filming court hearing on PFI’s behest

    SC grants bail to woman accused of filming court hearing on PFI’s behest

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    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to a woman, allegedly having links with the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) and behind the bars since January 28 for filming proceedings in an Indore court.

    Additional Solicitor General K.M. Natraj, representing the Madhya Pradesh government, submitted before a bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M. Trivedi he would not oppose if law intern Sonu Mansoori is granted bail.

    According to the police, the woman allegedly had links with PFI and had filmed the court proceedings at Indore at the instance of the banned group.

    The bench, in its order, said: “After having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the material on record, we are inclined to release Petitioner No. 2 – Sonu Mansoori from jail, to which the learned Additional Solicitor General appearing for the State has no objection. Ordered accordingly.”

    “It is directed that Petitioner No. 2 shall be released from jail forthwith on furnishing personal bond of Rs 5,000 to the satisfaction of the trial court. Let this order be communicated through the Registrar General of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh forthwith. The interim application is disposed of accordingly.”

    The police had claimed that Mansoori filmed the court proceedings during the hearing of a case connected with Bajrang Dal leader Tanu Sharma.

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  • Pak court rejects FIA’s plea to cancel Imran Khan’s bail in prohibited funding case

    Pak court rejects FIA’s plea to cancel Imran Khan’s bail in prohibited funding case

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    Islamabad: A Pakistani court on Wednesday rejected the country’s top investigating agency’s plea to cancel former prime minister Imran Khan’s bail in the prohibited funding case, a media report said.

    Khan, the chief of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party was granted bail by an Islamabad-based banking court in a prohibited funding case.

    The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in October last year filed a case in the banking court against Khan, 70, and other members of his party for allegedly receiving prohibited funding.

    The prohibited funding case was filed by PTI’s estranged founding member Akbar S Babar in the Election Commission of Pakistan in 2014.

    A two-member bench comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri conducted the hearing on the plea in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday, according to the Express Tribune newspaper.

    The court also rejected the request to cancel the bail of co-accused Tariq Shafi, the report said.

    The FIA filed an application in the IHC on February 28 against the banking court’s decision to grant bail to the PTI chief and appealed to the court to annul the decision as it was “against the law”.

    In 2022, Pakistan’s Election Commission said the allegations of taking prohibited funds from overseas Pakistanis against Khan were proven.

    It issued a new show-cause notice to PTI asking why these funds should not be confiscated.

    During Wednesday’s hearing, FIA Special Prosecutor Rizwan Abbasi argued that Khan has not yet been interrogated by the agency in the case, and urged the court to cancel his bail, the report said.

    IHC Chief Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani asked if the money laundering allegations in the FIR were against Arif Naqvi and Imran Khan or if PTI was the recipient of the funds.

    The FIA counsel argued that Khan in a recent interview admitted that he received funds for charity purposes but used them for political activities, according to the report.

    Justice Kayani inquired if the funds were used by a political party and then how they became personal belongings, it said.

    Justice Kayani asked the FIA counsel to submit the letter from the State Bank of Pakistan that the investigation agency received during the investigation.

    “You did not include the employee of the State Bank in the investigation. Changing the name of a bank account is not a crime. Has the State Bank taken any action to change the name or nature of the account?” the judge asked.

    Khan, the cricketer-turned-politician, was granted interim bail by a special court in Islamabad after being shot during an assassination attempt in November last year.

    He was ousted from power in April after losing a no-confidence vote in his leadership, which he alleged was part of a US-led conspiracy targeting him because of his independent foreign policy decisions on Russia, China, and Afghanistan.

    Khan, who came to power in 2018, is the only Pakistani Prime Minister to be ousted in a no-confidence vote in Parliament.

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  • Hyderabad: Nampally court sends 5 men to jail for drunk driving

    Hyderabad: Nampally court sends 5 men to jail for drunk driving

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    Hyderabad: Five individuals were awarded imprisonment and a fine of Rs 42,300 was levied by the Nampally court on Tuesday against 19 drunk and drive chargesheets.

    Caught for the fourth time in a drunk and driving offence, Mahesh Yadav was sentenced to imprisonment of 60 days while one Maasanna was awarded 30 days of jail time. Another 3 persons, Kishore, Sheik Khaja Pasha, and Abdul Rasheed were awarded imprisonment of 5 days by the court.

    Nampally police said that 14 of them were first-time offenders and have been sentenced to pay a fine of Rs 2100 each.

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  • Court Reserves Order On Bail Plea Of ‘Gujrat Conman’

    Court Reserves Order On Bail Plea Of ‘Gujrat Conman’

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    SRINAGAR: A court in Srinagar reserved orders on the bail plea of Kiran Bhai Patel, a man from Gujarat who allegedly impersonated a PMO official to obtain benefits before being arrested earlier this month. While the accused’s counsel argued for his release based on personal liberty and the absence of “serious” charges against him, the prosecution opposed the bail plea, citing the early stages of the investigation.

    “I applied sometime back to seek a personal security officer but my request is yet to be approved. Then how is it possible that a man comes to Kashmir from Gujarat and gets a Z-plus security cover? What was the state doing all this time?” The judge observed.

    The defence argued in court, stating that “my client has not committed any offence and that his liberty was curtailed by false allegations.” They also questioned, “even if he managed to get security cover, whose negligence is it? How come an outsider comes and gets security without getting mandatory clearances in a region where security remains on the highest degree of alert.”

    After hearing the submissions of the counsels, the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Srinagar Raja Mohammad Tasleem reserved the order to be pronounced on Thursday (March 23).

    Pertinent to mention, Kiran Patel, who was arrested earlier this month for allegedly impersonating a senior government official and duping people, has been sent to judicial custody by a local court in Srinagar. The accused has been booked under sections 419, 420, 467, 468, and 471 of the Indian Penal Code.

    The Jammu and Kashmir police has formed a three-member team, led by SP East Srinagar, to investigate the case against Patel, who had been posing as a member of a “PMO team” that has been visiting Kashmir since October last year. The imposter had also visited forward areas near the Line of Control and shared pictures and videos of his ‘official visits’ on social media.

    The conman’s first visit to the valley was on October 27 last year. He came with his family. In subsequent visits, the other members of the “PMO team” joined him.

    According to a senior officer, the fact that an IAS officer introduced a conman as a PMO official, and that the security wing of the police and other officials granted him official protocol and Z plus security cover for an extended period of time, is a major concern.

    In a statement, the police reported that on March 2, 2023, the CID wing of the J&K Police provided information about the arrival of an impersonator in Kashmir. “SSP Srinagar immediately dispatched a team led by SP East to Lalit hotel, where they discovered Kiran Bhai Patel, son of Juddesh Bhai Patel and a resident of Ahmadabad, Gujarat, who was impersonating himself as Additional Director (Strategy and campaigns) PMO New Delhi. As his responses were found to be suspicious, he was taken to Police Station Nishat, where he confessed to his crime,” the statement said.

    The police spokesperson stated that during the investigation, ten counterfeit visiting cards and two mobile phones were confiscated from the accused. The investigation is being headed by a team led by SP East Srinagar, SDPO Nehru Park, and SHO Nishat. Several relevant individuals have been interrogated in connection with the case, and the investigation is in its initial stages.

    The police have revealed that the accused has three cases registered against him in various police stations in Gujarat: Raopura Police Station, Baroda City Case No I/0064/2019, Naroda Police Station Ahmedabad City case No I/0066/2017, and Bayad Police Station, Aravali Case No I/0047/2019. The accused has been charged under various sections of the IPC, including 114, 294(KH), 406, 420, and 5072, as well as 120B. The police will share further details regarding the case in due course.

     

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  • Nikki Yadav murder: Court pulls up police for not producing case diary

    Nikki Yadav murder: Court pulls up police for not producing case diary

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    New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday pulled up the police for not producing the case diary of the Nikki Yadav murder and has asked the investigation officer (IO) to come with it on Tuesday.

    In the murder case, main accused Sahil Gehlot had allegedly strangled 23-year-old Yadav near Kashmiri Gate on February 10 and married another woman on the same day. Four days later, Yadav’s body was found in a fridge at a dhaba, owned by Gehlot, in Mitraon village on the outskirts of Delhi.

    Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Paras Dalal of Dwarka court extended the judicial custody of all the six accused including Gehlot by one day, that is Tuesday.

    The Metropolitan Magistrate directed the IO to produce the case diary and pagination of the same on Tuesday.

    The court noted that the IO, due to his absence, deputed a Sub Inspector to attend the court hearing, who did not bring the case diary.

    After noting the submission of advocate Anirudh Yadav, counsel for one of the accused persons Lokesh Yadav, the court asked the police that how the offences related to murder and conspiracy are made out against him.

    On March 6, the court had extended the judicial custody of Gehlot five others by 14 days, which expired on Monday.

    Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samiksha Gupta had extended their judicial custody.

    The magistrate had also allowed family of co-accused Ashish and Lokesh to meet them in the courtroom.

    For Lokesh, advocate Yadav had moved an application seeking the marking of the case diary and showed displeasure over manipulation in it.

    Earlier, four fresh charges were invoked by police under different Sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

    Gehlot’s counsel D.S. Kumar had said that while the FIR was initially registered under Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender) of the IPC, police have now invoked Sections 120 B (criminal conspiracy), 34 (common intention), 202 (intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform), and 212 (harbouring offender).

    Gehlot’s father Virender Singh; cousins Naveen (a constable in Delhi Police) and Ashish; and friends Lokesh and Amar are accused of hatching a conspiracy to get rid of Yadav, so he could go ahead with his wedding with another woman.

    According to a senior police official, Gehlot was interrogated at length during police custody and disclosed that Yadav was trying to stop him from marrying someone else as they had already solemnised their marriage in 2020.

    “She was pleading with him not to go ahead with the marriage fixed by his family with another girl on February 10. However, Gehlot along with his father, two cousins, and two friends hatched the conspiracy and planned to remove the deceased from their way,” the official had said.

    “He executed the plan and murdered her and informed other co-accused persons about it on the same day and then all of them went ahead with the marriage ceremony.”

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  • Case should be heard in fast-track court, appeals Shraddha Walkar’s father

    Case should be heard in fast-track court, appeals Shraddha Walkar’s father

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    New Delhi: In the interest of justice, the murder case of Shraddha Walkar should be heard in a time-bound manner in a fast-track court, her father said on Monday.

    According to the chargesheet, Aaftab Amin Poonawala allegedly strangled his live-in partner Walkar on May 18 and sawed her body into several pieces, which he kept in a fridge for almost three weeks at his residence in south Delhi’s Mehrauli. He then allegedly scattered the remains across Delhi, some of which have since been recovered.

    “We request for the proceedings to be conducted in a time-bound manner in a fast-track court,” Walkar’s father Vikas Walkar said.

    His counsel, Advocate Seema Kushwaha, said she would shortly move a petition in Delhi High Court for time-bound proceedings in a fast-track court.

    Vikas, the complainant in the case, said he was unable to perform his daughter’s last rites because the recovered body parts were kept as evidence.

    “In a few months, it will be an entire year of my daughter’s death. When will I get the remains to complete her last rites?” Vikas asked while speaking to reporters outside the court.

    Referring to Monday’s proceedings during which an audio clip of Walkar was played in court, Kushwaha said Vikas started trembling because of the emotional turmoil stemming from hearing his daughter’s voice.

    The prosecution, during the arguments on the charges, played an audio clip from the Practo App through which the couple had booked a session with a psychologist.

    In the clip, Walkar could be heard saying, “…whenever I start ranting about my anger, if he is somewhere around, anywhere in Vasai (near Mumbai), anywhere around me in this city, he will find me, he will hunt me down, he will try to kill me, that’s the problem.

    “I don’t know (how) many times he tried to kill me — this is not the first time he tried to kill me… The way he grabbed my neck, I blacked out. I was unable to breathe for 30 seconds… Thankfully I was able to defend myself by pulling his hair.”

    Kushwaha said Vikas felt that his daughter was still alive on hearing his daughter’s voice in the recording.

    She said before DNA profile matching confirmed that the recovered remains belonged to his daughter, Vikas had hoped against all odds that she was alive.

    During its arguments in court, Delhi Police said there are “incriminating circumstances revealed through reliable and clinching evidence which form a chain of events”.

    Poonawala has been booked under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) of the Indian Penal Code. fast-track court, appeals Shraddha Walkar’s father

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  • Kuwait court nullifies 2022 election results, reinstates previous Parliament

    Kuwait court nullifies 2022 election results, reinstates previous Parliament

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    Kuwait City: Kuwait’s Constitutional Court on Sunday annulled the 2022 National Assembly and brought back the 2020 Parliament, the media reported.

    The ruling, which took immediate effect, saw members of the previous Parliament, including Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, taking office, Xinhua reported citing Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).

    The decision came after the Constitutional Court ruled that the election process in September 2021 in all the five electoral districts was null and void.

    Last December, the Constitutional Court postponed its examination of appeals lodged by several electoral districts against the Parliamentary election results, according to KUNA.

    In January, the then-Kuwaiti cabinet resigned, following a standoff between the government and the opposition-led Parliament over financial relief policies.

    Earlier this month, the court announced it would rule on March 19 on the electoral appeals.

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  • Judge permits Imran Khan to go back after marking attendance outside Islamabad court

    Judge permits Imran Khan to go back after marking attendance outside Islamabad court

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    Islamabad: Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Zafar Iqbal on Saturday permitted PTI Chairman Imran Khan to go back after marking his attendance outside the Islamabad Judicial Complex where the PTI chief is set to be indicted in the Toshakhana case, media reported.

    “The situation as it is, the hearing and appearance cannot proceed that is why all those who have gathered here should disperse after marking attendance. There is no need for shelling or pelting, the hearing cannot be held today,” the judge said, Dawn reported.

    He added that once the PTI chief’s signatures were received then it could be later discussed at what date to hold Imran’s appearance again.

    People inside the courtroom were facing difficulties due to the effects of the teargas and the windows were pelted by stones as well, Dawn reported.

    As Imran and his motorcade earlier reached outside the Islamabad Judicial Complex, he alleged that he was not being allowed to enter the court’s premises.

    In an audio message released to the media, Imran said: “I am waiting outside the (judicial complex’s) door for 15 minutes and am fully trying to enter but they’ve done teargas (shelling) and erected checkpoints and it seems they don’t want that I reach here.”

    Despite that, he reiterated that he was outside the complex and was attempting to enter it.

    A large number of party workers, who were accompanying the former Prime Minister, are attempting to escort him onto court premises, but due to security arrangements, they were not being allowed to, Dawn reported.

    As PTI Chairman Imran Khan and his motorcade reached outside the Islamabad Judicial Complex on Saturday, where he was to be indicted in the Toshakhana case, the capital police alleged that party workers began to pelt stones at them, Dawn reported.

    The PTI leader is scheduled to appear before the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Zafar Iqbal to attend proceedings on a complaint filed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for allegedly concealing details of gifts in his assets declarations, Dawn reported.

    Imran, who left his Lahore home a little after 8 a.m. and had warned in a video message that he was expecting an attempt to arrest him, had yet to reach the court, though the Islamabad Police tweeted that Imran’s convoy was right in front of the Judicial Complex.

    “Political workers are requested to clear the way so that Imran Khan can reach the court,” the police said on Twitter, Dawn reported.

    It also claimed that political activists had “started pelting stones at the police” and ‘shelling” was also being carried out by them. A police picket was also allegedly set on fire, Dawn reported.

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  • 2020 Delhi riots: Court orders framing of arson, attempt to murder charges against 19

    2020 Delhi riots: Court orders framing of arson, attempt to murder charges against 19

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    New Delhi: A Sessions court here has ordered framing of charges against Faisal Farooq, the owner of Rajdhani school, and 18 others for their alleged involvement in a case of arson, attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.

    The court was hearing a case where a riotous mob, on the purported instigation of Farooq, allegedly torched DRP School and adjoining properties near Shiv Vihar Tiraha on February 24, 2020. The 18 accused persons were reportedly part of the riotous mob.

    According to the prosecution, the mob was using Rajdhani School as its base for the purpose of throwing petrol bombs and stones at the properties of a particular community and also robbed valuable items from the school.

    “I find that (all) accused persons are liable to be tried for offences punishable under sections 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code read with sections 147 (rioting ) 148 (rioting, armed with a deadly weapon) 302 (murder) 153A (punishment for promoting enmity between different groups on the ground of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc.), 395 (dacoity)…of the IPC,” Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala said in an order passed on Friday.

    Charges are to be framed against them also under sections 427 (punishment for committing mischief and thereby causing loss or damage to the amount of Rs fifty or upwards), 435 (Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage to an amount of 100 rupees or upwards), 436 (mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house, etc.) and 450 (house-trespass in order to the committing of any offence punishable with imprisonment for life) of the IPC, the judge said.

    All accused except for Farooq were also liable to be tried under sections 147, 148,153 A, 395,427, 435, 436, 450, 307 (attempt to murder) of the IPC read with sections 120 B, 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) and 188 ( disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the IPC, the judge added.

    “Faisal Farooq is also liable to be tried for offence punishable under sections 147, 148, 307, 395, 427, 435, 436, 450 of the IPC read with 120 B of the IPC, and for the offence punishable under sections 153A and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the IPC,” the judge said.

    ASJ Pramachala also put on trial Mohd. Ansar under the provisions of the Arms Act.

    Regarding the identification of the accused persons as members of the riotous mob, the judge said the rule of prudence can be applied only after trial, at the time of assessment of the evidence on the parameters of credibility.

    Rejecting the arguments for the discharge of the accused, such as call details record (CDR) locations and the delay in registration of FIR and recording statement of witnesses, the judge said, “I have considered all these contentions, but I do not find the discharge of any accused being made out on the basis of these contentions, in view of the evidence of identification of all the accused persons as part of the riotous mob.”

    ASJ Pramachala said while CDR locations were not the basic premise of the prosecution’s case and were used as additional evidence, the absence of the test identification parade (TIP) could not be claimed as a ground for discharge.

    The judge also rejected the plea of delay for seeking discharge, saying “It is well known that riots had shaken Delhi and so even police agency could have been under tremendous pressure on account of riots and the consequent flow of complaints and by that time already Covid 19 virus had knocked the door of our society and was on continuous rise, leading to nationwide lockdown .”

    The court said the credibility of any witness can be looked into only after conducting the trial and there was evidence of arson on the day of the alleged incident.

    Regarding the alleged conspiracy, the court said, “In the present case, the description of evidence shows the deliberation among Farooq and other accused persons, which was subsequently followed by an attack on DRP School and other nearby properties of Hindus.”

    It said prior to the attack, a large number of people of a particular community had assembled at Farooq’s school, which was followed by continuous instances of pelting of stones and petrol at nearby properties and DRP School, and this reflected “preparations made on the basis of a meeting of mind among the accused persons to indulge into a particular act as alleged in this case.”

    Noting the complaint and statements of witnesses, the court said it was “beyond doubt that an unlawful assembly was formed with a common object to attack upon the properties belonging to persons from the Hindu community.”

    Regarding the offence of attempt to murder, the court noted the statement of a witness, according to which the mob was exhorting to kill people of a particular community and that accused Mohd. Ansar fired at him.

    It said, “The acts of accused Farooq showed that he had a meeting of mind with other members of the mob for facilitating an attack against the properties of Hindus and DRP School. He also made a provocative statement against Hindus, which had the effect of encouraging hatred between the community of Hindus and Muslims.”

    Dayalpur police station had registered an FIR against Faisal Farooq, Shahrukh Malik, Shahnawaz, Rashid, Mohd. Faisal, Mohd. Sohaib, Shahrukh, Azad, Ashraf Ali, Parvez, Aarif, Sirajuddin, Faizan, Irshad, Anis Qureshi, Mohd. Parvez, Mohd. Illyas, Mohd. Furkan, and Mohd. Ansar.

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  • Pak police breach Imran Khan’s residence after he leaves for court hearing in Islamabad

    Pak police breach Imran Khan’s residence after he leaves for court hearing in Islamabad

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    Lahore: Over 10,000 policemen launched a major operation at Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence here and arrested dozens of workers of his party even as the former Pakistan prime minister is in Islamabad to attend a hearing in a corruption case.

    The police personnel removed barricades from the entrance of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party chief’s residence and removed all camps the PTI activists had erected to protect their leader.

    During the operation, some 10 workers reportedly were injured and over 30 were arrested.

    Footages on social media show police beating PTI workers after entering Khan’s residence, where the 70-year-old leader claims his wife Bushra Bibi is also present.

    Punjab caretaker government information minister Amir Mir told reporters that the police operation has been launched to clear the Zaman Park area.

    “Zaman Park had become a no-go area. As many as 10,000 Punjab police took part in the operation to clear it. We had also reports that the members of banned organisations were also hissing there,” he said.

    The minister further said a number of PTI workers have been taken into custody.

    During the operation, Mir said three policemen and six PTI workers suffered injuries.

    He said that police had search warrants for Imran Khan’s residence. “The anti-terrorism court had issued the search warrants of Khan’s residence and (only) after that police entered his house,” he said.

    The ousted prime minister, decrying the police operation, tweeted: “(As I left for Islamabad to attend Toshakhana hearing) meanwhile Punjab police have led an assault on my house in Zaman Park where Bushra Begum is alone.” “Under what law are they doing this? This is part of the London Plan where commitments were made to bring absconder Nawaz Sharif to power as quid pro quo for agreeing to one appointment.” Khan, in a video message, said the incumbent government wanted to put him in jail at the demand of its exiled leader Nawaz Sharif. “They wanted to hold elections after sending me to jail. They have completely been exposed,” he said.

    Today’s action comes as the Lahore High Court earlier on Friday granted a request by Punjab IGP Dr. Usman Anwar to search Khan’s Zaman Park residence as part of an investigation into attacks on police teams, Dawn newspaper reported.

    Khan also tweeted the siege of Lahore was not about ensuring his appearance in the court but aimed at imprisoning him and preventing him from leading the PTI’s election campaign.

    The PTI leader has been in the crosshairs for buying gifts, including an expensive Graff wristwatch he had received as the premier at a discounted price from the state depository called Toshakhana, and selling them for profit.

    Established in 1974, the Toshakhana is a department under the administrative control of the Cabinet Division and stores precious gifts given to rulers, parliamentarians, bureaucrats, and officials by heads of other governments and states and foreign dignitaries.

    Khan was disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan in October last year for not sharing details of the sales.

    The election body later filed a complaint with the district court to punish him, under criminal laws, for selling the gifts he had received as prime minister of the country.

    Khan, who has vehemently denied those charges, is set to be indicted in the case.

    Meanwhile, Islamabad police have issued a traffic advisory, stating that due to tight security measures around the Judicial Complex in G-11, citizens may face difficulty in traffic movement, leading to inconvenience.

    The Islamabad administration on Friday night imposed Section 144 in the capital, prohibiting private companies, security guards, or individuals from carrying weapons. It is mandatory for drivers to carry their vehicle registration documents while driving.

    The government had on Friday shifted the venue of the additional sessions court to a comparatively safer Judicial Complex for the hearing of the case after the PTI raised security concerns, Dawn reported.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )