The Tyrian White case was filed by Mohammad Sajid in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), seeking to disqualify Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), for allegedly hiding the existence of his daughter, Tyrian White, from his election documents.[1][2]
| Tyrian White case | |
|---|---|
| Court | Islamabad High Court |
| Full case name | Mohammad Sajid v. Imran Khan |
| Keywords | |
| Election, Concealing, Alleged daughter | |
Sajid argued that although Imran provided for Tyrian's support in the UK, he did not reveal her existence in the nomination papers and affidavits he submitted for contesting the elections. After that by the means of DNA test report it was clear that Khan has no daughter. On March 30, 2023, the IHC reserved its decision on whether to accept the petition or not. During the hearing, a three-member bench, including IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, Justices Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Arbab Muhammad Tahir, questioned whether Tyrian was Imran's ward and whether Imran is still a public official. Imran's representatives claimed that the petition was not maintainable on legal grounds since he is no longer a lawmaker. The IHC had set March 21, 2023, as the original date for determining the petition's viability, but the hearing was postponed until March 30, 2023.[3] The Islamabad High Court on 21 May 2024 dismissed a petition filed against former prime minister Imran Khan for concealing his alleged daughter Tyrian White as inadmissible.[4]
Tyrian Jade
editKhan was accused of having an illegitimate daughter named Tyrian Jade with his former girlfriend Sita White, daughter of the English businessman Gordon White.[5] Tyrian was born in June 1992 at the Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Sita White claimed that Khan initially refused to accept Tyrian as his child because she was a daughter and urged White to have an abortion.[6] After White took legal action against Khan in 1997, the California court ruled in absentia that Tyrian was his biological daughter, to which Khan responded by questioning why she refused to come fight the case in Pakistan, as he would not travel all the way to California only to fight an "undignified trial by media", and he was perfectly willing to have a paternity test done in Pakistan.[7][8][9] After Sita White died in 2004, Khan agreed to accept Tyrian as his foster child, as written in White's will, and welcomed her into his family. [10]
References
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- ^ "Tyrian White case: Verdict on admissibility of plea against Imran Khan reserved".
- ^ "IHC dismisses Tyrian White case as inadmissible". Dunya News. 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
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- ^ "Two judicial verdicts that exposed Imran, Qadri". Thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "Imran Khan may take custody of daughter" Archived 26 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, hellomagazine.com. Retrieved on 1 August 2018
- ^ "Khan willing to have paternity test in child case". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ^ "USA: LOS ANGELES: COURT RULES THAT IMRAN KHAN IS FATHER OF 5 YEAR OLD | AP archive". www.aparchive.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Imran will welcome Tyrian". standard.co.uk. 13 April 2012. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.