Humayun Dilawar is the Additional District Judge (ADSJ) in Pakistan who gained international attention after he sentenced the country’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, to a three-year jail term in the Toshakhana case.
After the sentencing, Dilawar left Pakistan and sought asylum in another country. The details of his departure and current whereabouts are not publicly known.
However, it has been reported by ARY News, a Pakistani media organisation that he left Pakistan to attend a judicial conference at the University of Hull in London from August 5 to 13.
It was disclosed that Judge Dilawar’s name was not initially on the list of judges scheduled to attend the conference and it was added on August 4, upon the recommendation of the Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
The University of Hull has also stated that it has no role in selecting judges for human rights and rule of law training, and that the current group’s selection was made by Islamabad High Court, Peshawar High Court, and Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Khan’s three years sentencing by Dilawar drew strong reactions from supporters of the PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) party both within Pakistan and abroad.
Who is Humayun Dilawar ?
According to a report from The News, Judge Dilawar previously served as a judge in a Gender-based Violence court before being transferred to the Sessions court. He also issued death sentences to seven individuals during the trial phase in the past year besides giving life imprisonment to eleven individuals in separate cases.
What is Toshakhana Case?
The Toshakhana case was filed against former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in August 2022 by members of the Pakistan Democratic Movement for not sharing the details of Toshakhana gifts in annual assets submitted to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP
The Toshakhana is a government department that is responsible for receiving and storing gifts that are given to the president, prime minister, and other high-ranking government officials by foreign dignitaries.
Ex Prime Minister Khan was accused of receiving a number of expensive gifts from foreign dignitaries during his time as prime minister, including a Graff wristwatch, a pair of cufflinks, an expensive pen, a ring, and four Rolex watches. He is alleged to have purchased these gifts at a discounted price and then sold them for profit. However, he denies these allegations.
After Khan was removed from office in a no-confidence vote last April, his successor as the Prime Minister of Pakistan is ‘Shehbaz Sharif’
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