FIA submits challan in cipher case against Imran Khan and Qureshi

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) submitted the challan in the cipher case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday.

The FIA submitted its challan to the Special Court which is hearing the cipher case against the former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.

The cases against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi were registered under the Official Secrets Act.

FIA in its challan, stated that the former prime minister Imran Khan and the vice-chairman were found guilty in the matter and requested the court to conduct their trial and sentence them in the case.

As reported, the investigative agency also attached the transcript of Khan and Qureshi’s speech on March 27. the day when the former premier brandished a letter claiming it was a cipher from a foreign nation, that wanted his government to be removed from power.

FIA also submitted a list of 28 witnesses to the court with the challan after recording their statements under Section 161. 

A source privy to the matter claims that former PTI secretary-general Asad Umar’s name has not been added to the list of accused.

Meanwhile, Imran Khan’s former principal secretary Azam Khan has been named as a “strong witness” in the case.

According to the sources, the FIA also attached Azam’s statements, recorded under Sections 161 and 164, along with the challan and that the PTI chief kept the cipher to himself and misused the state secret.

As per the sources, the Chalan adds that Imran Khan had a copy of the cipher but he did not return it.