- Particular court docket directed to make sure PTI chief Imran will get “truthful trial”.
- IHC to announce verdict on Imran’s bail in identical case tomorrow.
- Imran, an ex-premier, is presently being held in Adiyala Jail.
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Excessive Court docket (IHC) Friday dismissed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s petition looking for a halt in proceedings in opposition to him within the cipher case by a particular court docket — fashioned beneath the Official Secrets and techniques Act.
The particular court docket earlier this week indicted Imran and his deputy Shah Mahmood Qureshi within the cipher case that included prices of violating the key regulation by misusing and misplacing the diplomatic cable based mostly on conversations between Pakistan’s envoy to Washington and the US diplomat throughout the tenure of his authorities final 12 months.
IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard the jailed deposed prime minister’s plea in opposition to stopping his trial and indictment within the cipher case.
The court docket, whereas wrapping up his plea in opposition to the indictment, ordered that Imran be supplied a “truthful trial”.
In the identical case beneath the Official Secrets and techniques Act, the choice on the bail software of the PTI chairman can be introduced tomorrow. The court docket has reserved its resolution after listening to the arguments on the bail software.
The trial within the cipher case will start on Friday and each Imran and Qureshi have denied the costs in opposition to them. The hearings will happen earlier than a particular court docket behind closed doorways on the Adiyala Jail, the place Imran is being held.
The PTI chief is presently dealing with a whole bunch of circumstances, together with prices from contempt of court docket to terrorism and inciting violence, and was sentenced to 3 years for corruption in early August.
However the IHC suspended the sentence. Nevertheless, the authorized victory was short-lived as he was re-arrested later in August within the cipher case.
Imran’s counsel seeks paperwork
Barrister Salman Safdar, Khan’s counsel, advised the court docket throughout as we speak’s listening to that the authorities had handed them the challan on October 17, and with out offering them per week’s time, the court docket indicted the PTI chief on October 23.
“[Imran] has been accused of adjusting the cipher’s contents. However till now, we’ve got neither been supplied the amended or the unique copy of the cipher,” the lawyer argued.
He advised the court docket that the cipher had not been included within the Federal Investigation Company’s (FIA) cost sheet in opposition to Imran.
“When I’m unaware on what foundation my shopper is being charged, then how can a trial proceed? The trial court docket needs to be ordered to offer us with the related paperwork,” he pleaded.
Safdar stated that there was “a secret arrest and secret remand on this case, we didn’t come to the court docket, however the way in which the costs had been filed shouldn’t be acceptable”.