IHC to hold open court hearing on Imran Khan's bail plea in cypher case

Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued an order stating that the next hearing of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s bail plea in the cypher case will take place in an open court.

The IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq responded to the prosecution's demand for closed-door proceedings with a two-page written order.

The IHC ruled in a separate hearing that the government's notification to put the PTI chairman in Attock jail was invalid.

IHC Chief Justice Aamir Farooq granted the motion to send Khan to Adiala prison in a written ruling.

The PTI leader was given a three-year sentence in the Toshakhana case, according to the court.

Earlier, a special court extended the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and party’s Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s judicial remand till October 10 in the cipher case.

Imran Khan's judicial remand was extended in the case of the missing cypher, a top-secret government document, by Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain, who heard the case at the Attock District Jail under the Official Secrets Act 2023.

The court ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to file a challan in the case soon during the hearing.

Following approval by the Law Ministry and amid security worries from the Interior Ministry, the case was heard at the Attock Jail.

The PTI Chairman Imran Khan was sent to jail on August 5 following his conviction in the Toshakhana case. On August 29, the IHC had suspended his sentence.