Imran Khan has been convicted in five cases since August 5, 2023, none of his convictions has so far been endorsed by any high court.
Likewise, serious questions are being raised on the fairness and non-adherence to due process during his trials.
Imran Khan’s legal team is consistently alleging that due process and the requirements of fairness enshrined in Article 10-A of the Constitution have not been adhered to during his trials.
PTI leadership has been unable to evolve any effective strategy for the release of Imran Khan during the last two years, the non-adherence to due process during his trials has raised serious doubts among the masses.
Despite the absence of a joint symbol and the non-availability of a level playing field, the February 8 general election results were shocking for other major political parties.
Until Imran is considered a political victim, his opponents cannot defeat him in a free and fair election, says a senior lawyer.
He said that the two major political parties, the PML-N and the PPP, should have realized that if they want to defeat Imran on the political ground, then the victim card should have been taken away.
First, Imran Khan was convicted in the Toshakhana case on August 5, 2023.
Some lawyers believe that there were serious defects in the judgment.
They questioned why the trial court was in such a hurry to decide the case without recording statements of the witnesses whom Imran Khan wanted to present in his defence.
Even the trial court did not wait for his counsel, Khawaja Haris, to give his final arguments.
Faisal Siddiqi, while commenting on the judgment on August 5, had expressed grave concern over the trial court’s decision, viewing it as a symbolic destruction of political justice in the country.
