The Lahore High Court’S (LHC) Justice Raheel Kamran dismissed a plea on Friday seeking directives for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to file criminal complaints against all those members of the national and provincial assemblies who did not disclose Toshakhana gifts in statement of assets and liabilities, instead of just former premier Imran Khan. Petitioner Tanveer Sarwar requested the court to direct the chief election commissioner to remain impartial, fair and just as per the ECP’s constitutional mandate, and refrain from “selective prosecution at its own whims and wishes”. He further prayed that the ECP, till the final decision of this case, be directed to initiate criminal prosecution against all members of the provincial and national assemblies who did not disclose the state gifts acquired by them in their statement of assets and liabilities. During Friday’s proceedings, petitioner’s counsel advocate Nadeem Sarwar implored the court that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan was sentenced to three years in prison on August 5, 2023 by a court in Islamabad, in the Toshakhana case, pertaining to the non-disclosure of the detail of state gifts in his assets and liabilities form.
