Court dismisses Imran Khan's appeal, maintains his arrest warrants.

ISLAMABAD -- A local court on Monday dismissed the appeal of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI)'s chairman Imran Khan and maintained his non-bailable arrest warrants in toshakhana case.

Additional Session Judge Zafar Iqbal announced the verdict which was earlier reserved after hearing arguments from the counsels.

In a three pages written order, the court said PTI's chairman Imran Khan deliberately did not appear despite he was in the position to attend the proceeding as he was appearing in other courts on the same day.

The order said that Imran Khan neither appeared nor he gave assurance regarding his attendance in personal capacity before the court due to which his petition was being terminated.

It further said that the petitioner did not challenge the decision of this court before the higher forum.

The court said that as per the counsel of Imran Khan, he was to appear before the session court on February 28, besides attending proceeding in Islamabad High Court (IHC) and in judicial complex.

The order said that trial was started on December 15, and PTI's chairman was summoned on January 8, but since that he never appeared before the court even once, the order said.

It added that the court had been granting exemptions from appearance to the accused on every hearing on his lawyer's...