The federal cabinet on Thursday approved the summary to hold the jail trial of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan and Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case.
Officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the summary was approved via circulation by the cabinet after it was moved by the Ministry of Law and Justice. The decision was taken in light of special court judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain’s order to hold the trial in jail.
The special court, earlier this week, had ruled that the trial in the cipher case will be conducted in Adiala jail.
Judge Zulqarnain said: “The cipher trial will take place in jail in light of the security report by the superintendent of Adiala Jail.” The order said that the next hearing of the case would take place at Adiala jail. The court also stated that the proceedings can be attended by anyone who wishes to do so including the journalists.
The orders were issued in the first hearing of the cipher case that was held outside the Adiala prisons after the Islamabad High Court’s decision to nullify the August 29 notification for a jail trial.
