Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday remarked that when the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was holding the reins of the government, it didn’t respond to the questions seeking details of Toshakhana. Hearing PTI founder Imran Khan and former first lady Bushra Bibi’s bail pleas in new Toshakhana reference, Justice Aurangzeb asked the respondent’s lawyer about the method used to determine the prices of the jewelry and other gifts received by former premier and his wife to which Barrister Salman Safdar responded that it was responsibility of the prosecutor to inform about that. During the hearing, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) prosecutor said that media had been reporting as if the court had granted bail to the co-accused couple.

“If media doesn’t create hysteria, then how will it be able to sell news,” Justice Aurangzeb observed. The court asked whose name was on the challan form to which the lawyer replied “Bushra Bibi’s name is on the challan and Sohaib Abbasi has been made an approver whereas Inamullah Shah has been made witness by the prosecution.” Justice Aurangzeb inquired from the prosecutor how Khan was a beneficiary of the gifts received by his wife to which the prosecutor responded “if the wife receives something in gifts, it also benefits her husband.” In a seemingly displeased gesture, the judge said how his wife’s possessions can be linked to him. Later, the judge announced a short break.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan