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Imran, Qureshi’s remand extended in cipher case

Shah Mehmood request from the judge that justice can be delayed but should not be denied,

ISLAMABAD – A special court on Wednesday extended the judicial remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman for 14 days in the cipher case.

The PTI chief’s 14-day judicial remand expired on Tuesday.

Judge Abul Hasnaat Zulqarnain heard the case in Attock jail as the PTI chief was not taken out of the prison in view of security concerns and the Ministry of Law issued a formal notification declaring the jail as court.

Nine lawyers of legal team of PTI chief were allowed to go to Attock Jail while the FIA team investigating the cipher case was present in the jail.

Earlier, talking to media outside the jail before court proceedings, Advocate Salman Safdar said all applications were pending, the most important of them was for bail.

He said the prosecution was not cooperating with the court on the bail application. “There is no justification to keep the PTI chairman in Attock Jail.”

Special Official Secrets Act court  extended the judicial remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi till September 26 in the cipher conspiracy case,

Special Official Secrets Act court judge Abual Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain extended the judicial remand of Shah Mehmood Qureshi.

He was produced in the Official Secrets Act court of the judicial complex, Islamabad.

“Judge sahib has gone to the jail for the hearing. We can ask judge sahib! If he says, we will send you back after marking your attendance,” the court staff informed Shah Mehmood Qureshi.

“What happened to my bail plea?” Shah Mehmood Qureshi inquired from the court staff.

“The case of the PTI chairman is being heard in jail today. Your bail plea will be heard tomorrow,” the court staff told him.

“Please give me cold clean water [to drink],” Shah Mehmood Qureshi requested the court staff.

While talking to media, he said that he was innocent and a political prisoner. “May Allah give me the courage to endure oppression with patience,” he prayed.

“It is a request from the judge that justice can be delayed but should not be denied,” he stated.

“The chairman of the PTI was and is Imran Khan, no doubt. I presented a vision for Pakistan. The country is currently suffering from economic, constitutional and political crises. The only way to lead the country out of the crises is transparent elections,” he pointed out.

“We have to rise above our interests and egos to think about Pakistan. Pakistan is in trouble. We all have to review our stances and strategies so that Pakistan’s interests are not hurt,” he stressed.

 

The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday had reserved its verdict on a petition filed by the PTI chairman against the hearing of the cipher case in Attock jail where he has been imprisoned since being sentenced in the Toshakhana case. Sher Afzal Marwat – the counsel for petitioner – argued under which law and authority the law ministry had shifted the court to the District Jail Attock and that how a case pertaining to Islamabad could be transferred to Punjab.

 

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