FIA has hooked up transcript of Imran Khan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s speeches made in March 27. (File)
Islamabad:
Pakistan’s prime investigation company on Saturday declared former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi responsible in a case associated to the alleged disclosure of state secrets and techniques, popularly generally known as the cipher case.
The Federal Investigation Company (FIA) submitted the cost sheet in opposition to Khan, the chairman of the Tehreek-e-Insaf celebration and his deputy Qureshi, each at present detained in jail on judicial remand, to a particular court docket established underneath the Official Secrets and techniques Act, the Pakistan Observer web site reported.
Imran Khan, 70, was arrested final month after a case was filed in opposition to him for allegedly violating the Official Secrets and techniques Act by disclosing a secret diplomatic cable (cipher) despatched by the nation’s embassy in Washington final 12 months in March.
The FIA has requested the court docket to start out the trial of the PTI leaders and sentence them based on the legislation, it mentioned.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi, 75, is the vice chairman of PTI. Former common secretary of PTI Asad Umar has not been named within the FIA’s record of accused, whereas former principal secretary Azam Khan has been offered as a powerful witness of the FIA in opposition to Imran Khan, GeoTV, a outstanding information channel, reported and added, the challan additionally carries Azam Khan’s assertion recorded underneath sections 161 and 164.
The FIA has additionally hooked up the transcript of Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s speeches made on March 27.
The Pakistan Observer additionally reported that the FIA has submitted a listing of 28 witnesses together with the cost sheet within the court docket. Names of overseas secretary Asad Majid, former overseas secretary Sohail Mahmood, and extra overseas secretary Faisal Niaz Tirmizi are included within the record of witnesses, it mentioned.
Earlier on September 26, it was the third time that Imran Khan was despatched to jail on remand. His judicial remand was initially prolonged until September 13 after which once more until September 26, together with Qureshi’s.
On the identical day, Imran Khan was shifted to the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi from Attock jail, a day after the Islamabad Excessive Courtroom ordered authorities to relocate him to the high-security jail.
By the way, a joint investigation group on Thursday submitted cost sheets that knowledgeable an anti-terrorism court docket right here that the jailed former prime minister and a number of other different prime leaders of his celebration had been immediately concerned in orchestrating the unprecedented anti-government violence on Could 9.
A lot of PTI activists had attacked army installations, police automobiles, and different private and non-private properties in Lahore, based on the circumstances registered with the police. The vandalism on the Lahore Corps Commander’s Home (Jinnah Home), Askari Tower, and the Shadman police station had been a number of the main incidents in the course of the violence.
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