The FIA has submitted challan of the cipher case in a particular court docket constituted beneath the official secrets and techniques act.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and get together’s Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi have been indicted within the challan.
The FIA pleaded to the court docket for trial and conviction of the Chairman PTI and former international minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
Sources stated that former minister and PTI chief Asad Umar has not been named within the checklist of the accused.
Former principal secretary to the PM Azam Khan has grow to be a robust witness within the FIA’s case. His assertion beneath 161 and 164 has additionally been annexed with the challan, in accordance with sources.
“The chairman PTI stored cipher with him and misused the state secret,” sources stated. “A duplicate of the cipher given to the chairman PTI was not returned again,” in accordance with sources.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi delivered a speech on March 27 and later assisted the PTI chairman. “Transcripts of PTI chairman and Qureshi’s speeches have additionally been connected with challan,” sources stated.
The Federal Investigation Company (FIA) has additionally submitted a listing of 28 witnesses within the court docket with challan, sources shared.
Statements of 27 witnesses recorded beneath part 161, have additionally been annexed with the challan.
Incumbent International Secretary Asad Majeed Khan, former international secretary Suhail Mehmood, further international secretary Faisal Niaz Tirmizi, have been among the many FIA witnesses within the case.
All individuals concerned in supply of the cipher from the international ministry to the prime minister, have been named within the checklist of witnesses within the case, sources added.
Choose Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain, who heard the case on the Attock District Jail beneath the Official Secrets and techniques Act 2023, prolonged the judicial remand of Imran Khan until October 10 within the lacking cipher case, a categorized state doc.
Cipher case
The primary data report (FIR) was registered on August 15 beneath the Official Secrets and techniques Act. It was registered on the grievance of the House Secretary.
Former prime minister Imran Khan and former international minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi have been nominated within the report, whereas names of former principal secretary Azam Khan and former planning minister Asad Umar have been additionally talked about.
In accordance with the report, motion additionally can be taken in opposition to Azam Khan and Asad Umar after the authorities reached the conclusion that they have been additionally concerned in misusing the categorized paperwork.
The FIR said that the previous prime minister and international minister distorted the info of the diplomatic cipher. “A conspiracy was launched to misuse the contents of the cipher to satisfy nefarious functions”, it added. It additional said that former premier and prime diplomat endangered the state pursuits.
The report claimed that former prime minister requested Azam Khan – the then principal secretary – to “manipulate the contents of cipher”. “The previous premier intentionally stored the copy of diplomatic cipher, which was despatched to the PM workplace”, it added.