Judicial remand extended
ISLAMABAD: A special court established under the Official Secrets Act has extended the judicial remand of PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the cipher case until September 13. The hearing for this case took place at the Attock Jail on Wednesday.
Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain issued the decision concerning the missing cipher. This cipher is a classified state document that Khan had displayed during a political gathering before his removal from office the previous year.
The Attock District Jail hosted the case hearing after receiving approval from the Law Ministry. The security reasons influenced the Interior Ministry to allow hearing of the case in jail.
Khan has been in imprisonment since his conviction on August 5 in the Toshakhana case. The trial court convicted Khan for not properly declaring gifts he had received while holding office.
Despite the Islamabad High Court overturning a lower court’s decision to imprison PTI chairman for three years along with a fine of Rs100,000 a day earlier, a judgment that would have barred him from participating in upcoming elections, Khan remains incarcerated due to his judicial remand in the cipher case until August 30.
Meanwhile, Imran Khan’s legal team attended the court hearing within the prison. The legal team consists of Naeem Haider Panjotha, Intizar Panjotha, Ali Ijaz Buttar, and Umair Niazi.
Imran Khan rearrested in the Cipher case after IHC suspended his sentence
Meanwhile, the Federal Investigation Agency rearrested Imran Khan in the Cipher case on Tuesday, soon after the Islamabad High Court suspended his sentenced. The two-member bench of the IHC suspended the sentenced awarded to Imran Khan by the trial court.
A two-member bench of the IHC led by Chief Justice Aamir Farooq announced the reserved verdict on Tuesday.
Earlier, before the announcement of the IHC decision, Imran Khan’s lawyer and PPP leader Latif Khosa said that the court would suspend sentence of Khan. He, nonetheless, claimed that Imran Khan could be arrested in the Cipher Case.
