IHC annoyed with PTI for challenging Toshakhana reference in 2 courts.

Islamabad -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday expressed its annoyance over Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) for challenging the same case of Toshakhana reference in two courts. a single bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice of IHC Justice aamer Farooq conducted hearing of a petition filed by PTI Chairman Imran Khan challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) verdict in the Toshakhana reference. during the hearing, barrister Gohar informed the court that barrister ali Zafar the main counsel in the petition could not appear before the bench this day due to his engagements in lahore High Court (lHC). Therefore, he prayed the court to adjourn the case till next week. The IHC bench was also informed that the PTI had moved an identical case in lHC and it did not inform the bench about it. but, barrister Gohar said that they had challenged the ECP's notice dated december 7. The IHC Chief Justice remarked that the petitioner could not challenge the notice at two forums at the same time and asked the lawyer to withdraw the case. He remarked that it was understandable if this was done by a young lawyer but barrister ali Zafar was a senior one. The PTI's counsel said that barrister ali Zafar would give arguments on this point on the next hearing. Justice aamer said that it was not an appropriate act. later, the court deferred the hearing till Jan 25 for further proceedings. Previously, Khan's counsel Barrister ali Zafar made the submission before that it is bizarre that the Election Commission of Pakistan...

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