A new legal team was formed for former prime minister Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi, but key party-affiliated lawyers were not included. In particular, several key lawyers associated with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have been excluded from the revised line-up, Express News reported on Tuesday. The newly appointed team includes prominent names like Barrister Salman Akram Raja, Barrister Salman Safdar and Usman Riaz Gul. Other members include Chaudhry Zaheer Abbas, Arshad Tabrez and Qausain Faisal Mufti. Besides, Khalid Mehmood Yousaf, Chaudhry Ishtiaq, Abu Zar Niazi, Rai Salman Amjad, Shoaib Shaheen, Sardar Qadeer, Ali Ijaz Butter and Mishal Yousafzai were also brought on board. However, prominent PTI-linked lawyers like Faisal Chaudhry, Barrister Gohar and Sher Afzal Marwat were conspicuously absent from the list, raising questions about the decision-making process behind the reshuffle. A revamped legal team is tasked with defending Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi in the high-profile Toshakhan case, which centers on allegations related to donations received during Khan’s tenure as prime minister. Observers speculated that the exclusion of veteran PTI-affiliated lawyers indicates a potential shift in legal strategy as the case progresses. Imran sets a deadline for the judicial commission On Monday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan ordered his party’s negotiating team to withdraw from further talks with the government if a judicial commission was not formed within seven days, Barrister Gohar said. Speaking to the media outside Adiala Jail, Gohar stressed that the establishment of a judicial commission was necessary for meaningful dialogue. “If the government does not change the composition of the commission, there is no point in continuing the negotiations,” he said.
