Timeline of Toshakhana case and Imran Khan's arrest
Imran Khan was arrested on Saturday shortly after an Islamabad trial court found the former Pakistan prime minister guilty of “corrupt practices” in the Toshakhana corruption case. The case alleges that Khan “deliberately concealed” details of the gifts he retained from the Toshaskhana, a repository where presents handed to government officials from foreign officials are kept, during his time as the prime minister and proceeds from their reported sales. The verdict, issued by additional district and sessions judge Humayun Dilawar, comes as a big blow to the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief who has been arrested for the second time in three months.Following is a timeline of the main developments in the Toshakhana case: August 2022: National Assembly speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf sent the Toshakhana case against Khan to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in accordance with the Articles of the Constitution.
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September 19, 2022: ECP reserved judgment in the case. October 21, 2022: The ECP ruled that Khan made “false statements and incorrect declarations” about the gifts and disqualified him under the Constitution. November 21, 2022: The ECP moved a session court in Islamabad for criminal proceedings against Khan. May 10, 2023: The trial court indicted Khan.
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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. July 8, 2023: Judge Humayun Dilawar declared the
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