Islamabad: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday announced that the party would challenge the jail sentence handed down to former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Al-Qadir Trust case.

"We will challenge this verdict in the superior courts," said Omar Ayub Khan, the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, during a press conference here.

Condemning the decision, he said the question should be asked to Nawaz Sharif's son, Hassan Nawaz, how he laundered money to buy the One Hyde Park building in London and then sold it. Omar deplored that they [Sharifs] are walking around with impunity.

Senator Shibli Faraz called the day a black day. 'We strongly condemn this decision. There is neither rule of law nor supremacy of the constitution in this country. The government did not lose a single paisa from the Al-Qadir Trust, and neither Imran Khan nor Bushra Bibi gained anything."

He said that those who robbed the country have been posing as 'respectable'. 'Thieves roam free and innocent people are in jail. We will challenge the decision [in higher courts],' he added.

Shibli said cases like Toshakhana and the iddat were thrown out by the courts. All the cases against the PTI founder and workers are political, he added.