The Supreme Court accepted the bail application of Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi

The Supreme Court accepted the bail application of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan and Vice Chairman PTI in the cipher case. A 3-member bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Sardar Tariq Masood, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice…

PTI’s lawyer Salman Safdar said that the secret codes of the cipher were never with the former prime minister, on which Justice Athar Manullah said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives the cipher to the government to help in foreign policy, while Justice Mansoor said The purpose of the Official Secrets Act is to prevent sensitive information from being leaked, diplomatic information is also sensitive but of a different nature.

Lawyer Salman Safdar said that Pakistani Ambassador to America Asad Majeed had sent the cipher as the most sensitive document, on which Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said that you agree that sensitive information cannot be shared.

PTI’s lawyer said that what is to be seen is whether sensitive information has been shared or not, the provisions of death sentence or life imprisonment are not imposed against the former prime minister. The Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan said that the cipher was not shared with anyone but it was broadcast on air.

Salman Safdar told the court that Cipher Azam Khan was received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Principal Secretary, the meeting in which Cipher conspiracy is alleged to have been planned took place on March 28, 2022. It happened on March 2022.

Justice Atharmanullah said that the original cipher is in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, if it has gone outside, it is a crime of the Foreign Office, the cipher cannot be discussed in public.

Lawyer Salman Safdar said that Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in his speech that he has told the prime minister about the conspiracy, I am bound by oath, after this statement, Shah Mahmood Qureshi has been in jail for 125 days.

PTI’s lawyer Salman Safdar also read out the speech of the then Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the parade ground in the Supreme Court on March 27, 2022.

Acting Chief Justice Sardar Tariq Masood said that the Foreign Minister himself was sensible, he knew what to say and what not. Given that you know and they know, Shah Mehmood himself escaped and told the founder PTI to read the cipher.

Salman Safdar said that the founder of PTI had not shared anything with the public. If the cipher has already been made public, then why does the prosecution need the cipher trial in camera? On which Justice Athar Manullah inquired on what basis does the prosecution think that it is necessary to keep the accused in custody?