Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Saturday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) challenging the special court’s decision rejecting his bail plea in the cipher case.
The plea by the former prime minister who was ousted from office following a no-confidence motion is likely to be fixed for hearing on Monday, September 18 by the IHC.
A special court, constituted under the Official Secrets Act, had rejected the post-arrest bail applications of Khan and his party’s vice chairman in the cipher case on Thursday.
The court, on Wednesday, had extended Imran and Qureshi’s judicial remand till September 26. Last month, the FIA booked them under the Official Secrets Act for allegedly misplacing and misusing the classified document for vested political interests.
Subsequently, both leaders were arrested in connection with the investigation into the case and a special court was established to try the accused.
However, the special court approved PTI leader Asad Umar’s bail in the case related to US cipher after a prosecutor told the judge that his arrest was not required at this stage.
