Cipher case: Chairman PTI and Shah Mehmood Qureshi have been charged



Chairman PTI Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi were charged in the cipher case.


During the Adiala Jail hearing, Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain of the Special Court of Official Secrets Act brought the charges.


Chairman PTI and Shah Mehmood Qureshi have denied the health crime.


The court rejected the petition of chairman PTI to stay the indictment.


The court has summoned the statements of the witnesses in the case on October 27. The hearing of the cipher case has been adjourned till October 27.


Originally, October 17 was scheduled as the date of the charge-sheeting; however, Tehreek-e-Insaf's lawyers objected at that time, claiming that copies of the challan had not been provided.


On the occasion of the hearing today, tight security arrangements were made outside Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi and additional police force was deployed.


It should be noted that Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi are currently imprisoned in Adiala Jail in the cipher case.


What is cipher matter?


Chairman PTI Imran Khan had created a conspiracy narrative against his government based on the messages or ciphers of the Pakistani ambassador to the US, in which Imran Khan had claimed that the US had a hand in the overthrow of his government, but national security. In the meeting of the committee, the position of the PTI government regarding the cipher has been denied.


In addition, a recording of Imran Khan discussing the cipher with his former secretary Azam Khan was leaked. Imran Khan could be heard saying, "Now we have only to play—not to name America, just play this." Azam Khan retorted, "I was thinking that a meeting should be held over this cipher," stating that "this date was already there."


Subsequently, the Federal Cabinet assigned the FIA the task of conducting the inquiry.


Azam Khan was the Principal Secretary to the then Prime Minister Imran Khan during the PTI regime and was considered very close to the Prime Minister.


In reference to the cipher, former DG ISPR Lt. Gen. Babar Iftikhar stated that rumors and incorrect information were disseminated in an effort to obtain political advantage.