Islamabad High Court Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb has said that details of Toshakhana were hidden in the previous government.
The High Court heard the post-arrest bail application of the PTI founder in the Toshakhana 2 case.
The FIA prosecutor said that whatever the court decides, the media already knows that the bail will be approved. On this, Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb said that if the media does not create sensation, how will their business run?
The founder of PTI, Barrister Salman Safdar, argued that the allegation is that the founder of PTI used his influence for personal gain, the name of Bushra Bibi is on the receipt in the challan, but it is not clear in this challan who is the main accused? There are two accused in this, it is not clear whose role is in Section 109, the case was registered after a delay of more than three and a half years, no crime was committed, in which case the crime is not clear, the case is for further inquiry and bail.
Barrister Salman Safdar said that the gifts were taken as per the Toshakhana policy, at that time the value of these gifts was paid as per the policy, the gifts were taken under Section 2 of the Toshakhana Policy 2018, we paid the price that the customs and appraiser had set and kept the gift, today he changed his statement after three and a half years.
Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb made important remarks on the PTI government’s policy of keeping Toshakhana details secret that the previous government did not tell the details of Toshakhana, when we asked, the details of Toshakhana were hidden, the previous government was saying in the High Court that no one should know about Toshakhana.
PTI founder’s lawyer Salman Safdar, while completing the arguments, said that appraiser Sohaib Abbasi says that I was threatened by the PTI founder, while the PTI founder and Bushra Bibi never met Sohaib Abbasi. The three customs officers said in their statements that there was no pressure on us. If there was no pressure, then why didn’t they charge the correct price?
The FIA prosecutor argued that the Bulgarian set was not deposited in the Tosha Khana, the state was harmed by charging a low price for the state’s gift, and both the PTI founder and his wife benefited.
Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb asked how the PTI founder benefited? The FIA prosecutor replied that when the wife benefited, the husband also benefited.
Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb remarked that please, my wife’s things are not mine, we don’t know in what world we are in.
The court has granted a stay on the bail application of the PTI founder.
