ISLAMABAD: The special court hearing the cipher case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi has issued notices for October 4 as the FIA submitted case challan in the court.
The development came as Judge Abul Hasnaat Zulqarnain formally started hearing the case following the submission of the challan, naming the two PTI leaders as main accused.
Earlier last week, the FIA claimed that former prime minister Imran Khan had violated the Official Secrets Act, 1923 by unlawfully keeping a diplomatic cipher in his possession, and therefore deserves to be punished under the relevant law.
The FIA also accused Qureshi of facilitating Imran while also mentioning his March 27, 2022 speech at a public rally in Islamabad.
Qureshi, who had served as the country’s foreign minister during the PTI’s tenure, was arrested by the FIA on August 19. Interestingly, the FIA did not include former secretary general PTI, Asad Umar among the accused.
