ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking post-arrest bail in the cipher case.
Khan was arrested on Aug 5 in the case and since then languishing in the the Attock jail.
Imran filed the petition, through his lawyer Barrister Salman Safdar.
The State and Interior Ministry Secretary Yousuf Naseem Khokar are respondents in the case.
The petition urged the IHC to grant Imran post-arrest bail till the final disposal of the cipher case “to meet the ends of justice”.
The petition was filed in the IHC after the special court, which has been established to hear cases filed under the Official Secrets Act, rejected the ex-premier’s plea seeking the same.
The cipher case pertains to a diplomatic document which reportedly went missing from Imran’s possession. The PTI alleges that it contained a threat from the United States to oust Imran from power.
Imran and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi have been attending hearings in the case, while PTI leader Asad Umar’s and former principal secretary Azam Khan’s involvement was supposed to be determined during the course of the investigation.
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