Islamabad

The Special Court in Pakistan, established under the Official Secrets Act will indict Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Cypher case on Wednesday, source reported.

It reported that the special court judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain was hearing the case in Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi where the two Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders have been incarcerated in the case.

Tuesday’s hearing was attended by family members of the PTI leaders. The FIA’s special prosecutors Shah Khawar and Zulfikar Abbas Naqvi were also present in the courtroom while Barrister Salman Safdar appeared as Imran’s counsel and Barrister Taimur Malik as Qureshi’s lawyer.

A few reporters were allowed inside the courtroom to witness the proceedings. As the hearing began, the PTI lawyers submitted six separate petitions in the court pertaining to incomplete documents in the case challan, media access and jail trial notification. They contended that a selected number of media persons were allowed to attend the hearing while a majority of journalists were waiting outside the Adiala Jail, source reported.

The judge remarked that the matter was an administrative issue and would be seen by the court. We have given relief by going out of the way, he added.

Meanwhile, Safdar argued that the proceedings were being conducted in a hasty manner, adding that the PTI had challenged two verdicts issued under the Official Secrets Act in the IHC. However, the FIA prosecutor highlighted that the high court had not stopped the special court from conducting the proceedings. He also urged the court to complete the indictment process.