by Fiaz Mahmood inThe Express Tribune online, Dec 28, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday stopped the proceedings of the trial of PTI founding chairman and deposed premier Imran Khan as well as his ex-deputy Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case till January 11. Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb heard Imran’s plea against the in-camera trial of the cipher case by a special court.In his nine-page order, Justice Aurangzeb observed that the case was…
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by Syed Irfan Raza | Malik Asad in Dawn, December 20th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb will take up former prime minister Imran Khan’s plea challenging in-camera proceedings of the cipher trial at Adiala jail today (Wednesday). Mr Khan in his petition also challenged his de-novo trial in jail and subsequent developments, including the framing of charges and a gag order on the media. On the other hand, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) issued a…
report in The News, December 14, 2023ISLAMABAD: Aleema Khan, the sister of former PTI chairman, has said that they seem to be sitting in some other country and not their own. Talking to the media outside the Adiala Jail, Aleema said she did not see justice being done in the cipher case trial. She said cubicles had been made in the courtroom, and she couldn’t comprehend what fear had caused this state of affairs. Aleema…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, December 14th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Special Court (Official Secrets Act) on Wednesday indicted former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in the cipher case, sources told Dawn. Only four members of the press corps were allowed to cover Wednesday’s proceedings inside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail. Mr Khan’s legal team, however, disputed the impression, with Barrister Salman Safdar telling reporters after the trial that the court did not…
By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Dec 7, 2023ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan may get a surprise from former Army Chief General (r) Qamar Javed Bajwa during the cipher case proceedings. In an informal conversation with journalists during the previous hearing of the cipher case, Khan had said, “I will include General Bajwa and US embassy officials as witnesses in the case”. A source who recently interacted with the former army chief on the issue says Bajwa…
by Ali Hamza in The Nation, Dec 5, 2023ISLAMABAD – A special Court on Monday fixed December 12 to frame charges against Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case. Special Court Judge Abual Hassan Muhammad Zulqarnain heard the case in Central Jail Adiala against chairman PTI and co-accused. During the course of proceeding, the two accused were produced before the court. The court ordered to provide the copies of challan with the…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, December 5th, 2023• Babar Awan says former PM has requested court to summon ‘ex-army chief and US diplomat’• LHC bench ‘unavailable’ to hear PTI leader’s appeal concerning May 9 casesISLAMABAD: A special court seized with the cipher trial of former prime minister Imran Khan has decided to indict him and his aide Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Dec 12 for alleged breach of the official secrets law, whereas the PTI leader…
By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Nov 22, 2023ISLAMABAD: The US Embassy had conveyed to the Foreign Office on March 28, 2022 that the statement of the-then prime minister Imran Khan in a public rally about the cipher “was not playing well in DC”. This US reaction to Imran Khan’s statement was quick – the very next day of Imran Khan’s statement. Sources said the US Charge d’Affaires had also requested, on the very next…
report in The Express Tribune, Nov 20, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court will take up PTI chairman and deposed premier Imran Khan’s intra-court appeal on Monday (today) against a single-judge bench’s decision that had approved his jail trial in the cipher case and the appointment of the judge for the special court of the Official Secrets Act. An IHC division bench, comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz, will hear the matter.…
By Malik Asad in Dawn, November 15th, 2023ISLAMABAD: While the Islamabad High Court (IHC) intervened on Tuesday to stop the jail trial of former prime minister Imran Khan in the cipher case, the law ministry concurrently issued a notification for closed-door proceedings against him in NAB cases. Subsequently, Accountability Judge Mohammad Bashir conducted proceedings in the millions of pounds corruption case at Adiala Jail, permitting the NAB investigation team to interrogate the former premier until…
Hidden trials
Editorial in Dawn, Dec 16th, 2023THE special court hearing the high-profile cipher case has accepted a plea from the prosecution seeking in camera proceedings. Consequently, former premier Imran Khan and his foreign minister at the time, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, will now be tried behind closed doors. Of late, hearings were held in Adiala Jail where family members of the accused were able to attend. Now, while their presence may be allowed, they are forbidden from…