IHC accepts govt’s plea to adjourn hearing of Toshakhana case

ISLAMABAD, Nov 13 (SABAH): Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday has conducted hearing on the petition of government against providing details of gifts presented to the prime minister.

During the proceedings, the court has approved the government’s plea to adjourn the hearing of Toshakhana case and remarked that the attorney general will record arguments in this regard. Subsequently, the hearing has been adjourned till December 8.

Earlier, accountability court had indicted Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari and ex-Prime Minister Makhdoom Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani in Toshakhana reference and declared former prime minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif proclaimed absconder in the case.