<p>The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/islamabad-high-court-suspends-imran-khans-conviction-and-sentence-in-toshakhana-case-2664649">suspended former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's conviction</a> and the three-year sentence in the Toshakhana corruption case.</p>.<p>A trial court in Islamabad convicted and sentenced the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman to three years in prison on August 5.</p>.<p>The Toshakhana is a department under the Cabinet Division that stores gifts given to rulers and government officials by heads of other governments and foreign dignitaries.</p>.Geetika Srivastava appointed India's charge d'affaires at Indian High Commission in Islamabad.<p>Following is a timeline of the main developments in the Toshakhana case:</p><p>August 2022: National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf sent the Toshakhana case against Khan to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) under the Constitution.</p>.<p>September 19, 2022: The ECP reserves judgment in the case.</p>.<p>October 21, 2022: The ECP ruled that Khan made “false statements and incorrect declarations” about the gifts and disqualified him under the Constitution.</p>.<p>November 21, 2022: The ECP moved a sessions court in Islamabad for criminal proceedings against Khan.</p>.<p>May 10, 2023: The trial court indicted Khan.</p>.<p>July 4, 2023: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) overturned the trial court's ruling on the maintainability of the case and directed it to rehear the petitioner and decide the matter within seven days.</p>.<p>July 8, 2023: Judge Humayun Dilawar declared the Toshakhana case against Khan as maintainable.</p>.<p>August 2, 2023: The trial court rejected the list of witnesses presented by Khan.</p>.<p>August 4, 2023: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq referred the matter back to the trial court with a direction to re-examine the jurisdiction and any procedural lapse in the filing of the complaint by the Election Commission.</p>.<p>August 5, 2023: Judge Dilawar found Khan guilty of “corrupt practices” in the Toshakhana case and sent the PTI chief to jail for three years.</p>.<p>August 7, 2023: Khan's party files plea in Supreme Court; seeks retrial in Toshakhana case.</p>.<p>August 8, 2023: The ECP disqualifies Imran Khan for five years following his conviction in the Toshakhana corruption case.</p>.<p>August 23, 2023: There were 'shortcomings' in the trial court's Toshakhana case judgment against Khan: Pak chief justice.</p>.<p>August 25, 2023: Islamabad High Court finds fault in sessions court's verdict against Khan in the Toshakahna corruption.</p>.<p>August 28, 2023: Islamabad High Court reserves verdict in the case to August 29.</p>.<p>August 29, 2023: The Islamabad High Court suspends Khan's conviction and three-year sentence in the Toshakhana corruption case.</p>
<p>The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/islamabad-high-court-suspends-imran-khans-conviction-and-sentence-in-toshakhana-case-2664649">suspended former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's conviction</a> and the three-year sentence in the Toshakhana corruption case.</p>.<p>A trial court in Islamabad convicted and sentenced the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman to three years in prison on August 5.</p>.<p>The Toshakhana is a department under the Cabinet Division that stores gifts given to rulers and government officials by heads of other governments and foreign dignitaries.</p>.Geetika Srivastava appointed India's charge d'affaires at Indian High Commission in Islamabad.<p>Following is a timeline of the main developments in the Toshakhana case:</p><p>August 2022: National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf sent the Toshakhana case against Khan to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) under the Constitution.</p>.<p>September 19, 2022: The ECP reserves judgment in the case.</p>.<p>October 21, 2022: The ECP ruled that Khan made “false statements and incorrect declarations” about the gifts and disqualified him under the Constitution.</p>.<p>November 21, 2022: The ECP moved a sessions court in Islamabad for criminal proceedings against Khan.</p>.<p>May 10, 2023: The trial court indicted Khan.</p>.<p>July 4, 2023: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) overturned the trial court's ruling on the maintainability of the case and directed it to rehear the petitioner and decide the matter within seven days.</p>.<p>July 8, 2023: Judge Humayun Dilawar declared the Toshakhana case against Khan as maintainable.</p>.<p>August 2, 2023: The trial court rejected the list of witnesses presented by Khan.</p>.<p>August 4, 2023: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq referred the matter back to the trial court with a direction to re-examine the jurisdiction and any procedural lapse in the filing of the complaint by the Election Commission.</p>.<p>August 5, 2023: Judge Dilawar found Khan guilty of “corrupt practices” in the Toshakhana case and sent the PTI chief to jail for three years.</p>.<p>August 7, 2023: Khan's party files plea in Supreme Court; seeks retrial in Toshakhana case.</p>.<p>August 8, 2023: The ECP disqualifies Imran Khan for five years following his conviction in the Toshakhana corruption case.</p>.<p>August 23, 2023: There were 'shortcomings' in the trial court's Toshakhana case judgment against Khan: Pak chief justice.</p>.<p>August 25, 2023: Islamabad High Court finds fault in sessions court's verdict against Khan in the Toshakahna corruption.</p>.<p>August 28, 2023: Islamabad High Court reserves verdict in the case to August 29.</p>.<p>August 29, 2023: The Islamabad High Court suspends Khan's conviction and three-year sentence in the Toshakhana corruption case.</p>