Imran, Qureshi indicted in cipher case
Special Court judge turns down request to delay indictment in Adiala jail.
RAWALPINDI: The special court indicted former prime minister and PTI chief Imran Khan and vice chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Adiala jail in the cipher case today.
Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain took up the case in the jail for indictment as in the last hearing copies of the challan had been given to the defence lawyers.
The judge turned down a request from defense lawyer to delay the indictment. Both the PTI leaders rejected the charges.
The two are being held in the jail for making public a secret communication from Pakistan’s ambassador to the US in 2021.
Imran had claimed that America was involved in a conspiracy to oust him from power. He had based his allegation on the cipher sent back from Washington by the then Pakistani ambassador.
Khan had claimed that the cipher was about a meeting between a senior US official and the ambassador in which the former had threatened Pakistan’s isolation in case Imran was not removed.
The counsel for Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi however rejected the charges and said the contents were revealed by the FIA itself and that the cipher was still available in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Meanwhile, tight security has been put in place outside the jail with deployment of extra police and Rangers personnel around the building.
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