ISLAMABAD: The PTI chairman’s pleas to drop the cipher case and stay the trial have been combined. The PTI chairman sought exemption in the cipher case under Article 248 of the Constitution. In the application, it was said that the case should be dismissed for non-application of constitutional exemption and Section 5 of the Official Secrets Act. The court issued a notice to the FIA and asked for a reply by October 16. Islamabad High…