ISLAMABAD, Nov 16 (NNI): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday
extended until November 20 the stay against the jail trial of the former
prime minister in the cipher case.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman is currently detained in
Adiala jail in Rawalpindi on judicial remand.
During today’s hearing, the court approved an extension in the stay
order on the request of Imran Khan’s lawyer Salman Akram Raja until
Monday, November 20.
In another development today, the former prime minister approached the
Supreme Court (SC), seeking post-arrest bail in missing cipher case.
In his plea, the PTI chairman urged the apex court to overturn IHC order
in cipher case and set him free.
Cipher case
The first information report (FIR) was registered on August 15 under the
Official Secrets Act. It was registered on the complaint of the Home
Secretary.
Former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah
Mehmood Qureshi were nominated in the report, while names of former
principal secretary Azam Khan and former planning minister Asad Umar
were also mentioned.
The FIR stated that the former prime minister and foreign minister
distorted the facts of the diplomatic cipher. “A conspiracy was launched
to misuse the contents of the cipher to fulfill nefarious purposes”, it
added. It further stated that the former premier and top diplomat
endangered the state interests. NNI
