Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s judicial remand in Cipher case extended till Oct 10

Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s judicial remand in cipher case has been extended till Oct 10!

Special Court Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain presided over the in-camera hearing in Attock jail.

During today’s hearing, the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) team and Imran’s lawyers Salman Safdar and Umair Niazi as well as Naeem Haider Panjotha and Latif Khosa, who are also the PTI chief’s counsels, were present in the Attock Jail.

Subsequently, the judicial remand of the former premier was extended till October 10.

The court also ordered the FIA to submit a challan of the case.

Meanwhile, PTI Vice President Shah Mahmood Qureshi was presented before the special court at the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) in Islamabad, where his attendance was marked by court officials.

Shah Mahmood Qureshi was brought to the court handcuffed.

The FIA’s team, special prosecutors, and PTI lawyers appeared before the court on today’s hearing.

The court authorities then informed him that his judicial remand in the case was also extended till October 10.

On the other hand, Islamabad High Court (IHC) Tuesday ruled that the next hearing of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s bail plea in the cipher case will take place in an open court.

IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq issued a two-page written order in response to the prosecution’s request for in-camera proceedings.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had initially sought closed-door hearings, citing the presence of “privileged” and “sensitive” documents and information.

In a separate development, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) issued the written verdict on Imran’s plea seeking transfer to Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, ordering the same and setting aside all previous notifications and orders under which he was detained at the Attock jail.

The order IHC stated that the current status of the petitioner was an under-trial prisoner. Noting that Islamabad did not have a prison of its own, it said that all such prisoners facing cases in the capital were to be kept at the Adiala Jail.

“To say that it (Adiala Jail) cannot house another prisoner/person, would not reflect the correct position,” the court order stated.

The order further said, “There is nothing on record to substantiate the plea of the respondents regarding security concerns or lack of adequate security at the Central Jail Adyala, Rawalpindi.”