'Gross travesty of justice': Imprisoned Imran Khan appeals to IHC against his conviction in Toshakhana case
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'Gross travesty of justice': Imprisoned Imran Khan appeals to IHC against his conviction in Toshakhana case

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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was imprisoned in connection with the Toshakhana case recently, on Tuesday appealed his conviction and sentencing by a trial court, claiming that the verdict was passed by a 'biased' judge and it was "a gross travesty of justice". Khan filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court through his lawyers against the August 5 verdict sentencing him to three years in prison, accusing the judgment to be "tainted with bias" and a "nullity in the eye of the law and liable to be set aside", Dawn reported The former premier accused the trial court judge Humayun Dilawar of refusing to hear the arguments of his counsel Khawaja Haris on the pretext that he was late. Imran Khan's arrest On Saturday, Khan was arrested shortly after an Islamabad trial court declared him guilty of “corrupt practices” in the Toshakhana case and sentenced him to three years in prison. ALSO READ | Pakistan: Imran Khan's party moves SC against his conviction in Toshakhana case, says he was denied fair trial

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