Both denied the crime, the court sought evidence from the prosecution, the hearing of the case was adjourned till tomorrow.
Wednesday 13 December 2023
Islamabad (Urdu Point News Latest. December 13, 2023) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi have been indicted in the cipher case. According to the details, Judge Abul Hasanat Zulqarnain of the Special Court in Adiala Jail held a hearing on the cipher case. During today's hearing, former Prime Minister Imran Khan and former Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi were indicted in the cipher case. Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain of the Special Court of Secret Act read it out, but Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Imran Khan denied the crime.
It has been reported that Special Prosecutors of FI Shah Khawar and Zulfiqar Abbasi Naqvi appeared in the court, PTI chief Imran Khan's lawyer Usman Gul and Shah Mehmood Qureshi's lawyer Barrister Taimur Malik were also present in the court. Later, the regular trial of the cipher case will begin in Adiala Jail, the court adjourned the hearing of the cipher case related to the Official Secret Act till tomorrow, while seeking evidence from the prosecution.
Yesterday PTI chief's lawyer Barrister Salman Safdar said in a conversation with the media that special people were admitted for hearing in the cipher case, friends of the media were not allowed to go to the open trial even though they were allowed. , certain media persons were seated 50 feet away from the judge, we reject this kind of open trial, we have applied for open trial, the cipher trial has been done in haste before. The entire operation was cancelled.
He said that the people of the families were stopped for 45 minutes, there were 15 to 20 policemen behind the judge, the judge noticed that I did not give any such order, so why are these policemen standing? Judges do not want to follow the law, earlier mistakes are being repeated again, this trial should have been started after the decision of the Divisional Bench of Islamabad High Court, here the trial is running at speed and in the High Court, Imran Khan's The petition in question has not yet been heard.
