The government has decided to constitute a special team of prosecutors on the issue of “lost” US cypher, which was allegedly “misplaced” by PTI Chairman Imran Khan when he was the prime minister.
Quoting its sources, a private television channel Thursday reported that the three-member team would consist of Advocate Shah Khawar, Rizwan Abbasi and Zulfiqar Naqvi.
They further disclosed that in this connection, the interior ministry had already forwarded a summary to the law ministry.
The sources informed that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had recommended formation of the team.
Earlier, the FIA had interrogated PTI Chairman Imran Khan in Attock Jail in connection with a diplomatic cable that had allegedly gone missing from his possession. The FIA had expedited proceedings against the former prime minister for making public a confidential diplomatic cable and keeping it in his possession.
Also yesterday, the FIA’s Counter-Terrorism Wing had registered a case against the PTI chief for allegedly misplacing the cypher.
Last month, on July 25, Imran had appeared before a JIT formed to investigate the cypher case and was quizzed for nearly two hours in the case.—NNI
