Chairman PTI and Shah Mehmood Qureshi could not be charged in the cipher case. The court has scheduled the indictment proceedings for the next hearing. During the hearing, both the accused and their legal team were present in the court room.
Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain heard the cipher case in a special court established under the Official Secrets Act in Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi.
Due to non-distribution of copies of the challan at the previous hearing, indictment proceedings could not take place, but today the court distributed the copies of the challan among the accused and adjourned the hearing of the cipher case for a week.
The court has scheduled the indictment proceedings for the next hearing. During the hearing, both the accused and their legal team were present in the court room.
Earlier, Spell Prosecutor FIA Shah Khawar while talking to the media outside Adiala Jail said that today the hearing is scheduled for indictment. At the previous hearing, the accused refused to receive the copy of the challan. It is ordered that the charge sheet will be filed today. Now let’s see what happens.
Shah Khawar said that after the indictment, the evidence of the prosecution is recorded and the trial of the case begins, after the testimony of the witnesses is completed, the statement of the accused is made.
Before today’s hearing, Chairman PTI’s spokesperson Umeer Niazi while talking to the media outside Adiala Jail said that only copies should be distributed in today’s hearing, copies were not distributed in the previous hearing.
Umair Niazi said that the court did not approve the request of Section 14 of the prosecution, the hearing in the jail should not be in-camera, the media should have access to it and will discuss it today.
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