ISLAMABAD : August 21,2023: A newly constituted special court of Islamabad on Monday granted a 4 -day Physical remand to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) of former Foreign minister , Shah Mahmood Qureshi , in cipher case.
The special court Islamabad of judge Abdul Hasnat heard the arguments of the FIA prosecutor and counsels of Shah Mahmood Qureshi and reserved the judgment on grant of physical remand of Shah Mahmood Qureshi for further investigations in the cipher case.
The FIA prosecutor had pleaded to the court for a 13 -day Physical remand of Shah Mahmood Qureshi for investigations to recover the missing cipher .
The FIA prosecutor further pleaded that the physical remand of Shah Mahmood Qureshi was needed to investigate him about other characters of the cipher case. The FIA prosecutor informer th bcourt that PTI chief , Imran Khan , who is also a prime accused in the cipher case is being investigated in the case in Attack jail.
The Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) legal team led by Shoab Shaheen advocate opposed the FIA demand for physical remand of the former Foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. The PTI legal team argued before the court that Shah Mahmood Qureshi was fully cooperating with FIA team before his arrest and arrest of his client was totally uncalled for.
Shoab Shaheen argued that the honourable court should reject the FIA plea for a 13-day physical remand of his client. The Islamabad police had arrested Shah Mahmood Qureshi from the federal capital on Saturday in cipher case. He was produced before the court next day (Sunday) which granted the FIA a day physical remand .
Shah Mahmood Qureshi was produced before the anti terrorists court today (Monday). Shah Mahmood Qureshi had spoken to the media outside the court room the other day. He had claimed that he, being a politician, always protected the national interest .
He ,however , had no answer to a number of queries hurled on him by the journalists as to how he became a party with Imran Khan to make the cipher , a highly secret document , to make it public at a rally?. The court on Monday ordered to produce Shah Mahmood Qureshi on expiry of 4-day physical remand.
The cipher case has been a serious trouble for PTI top level leadership . It has put other than Shah Mahmood Qureshi Asad Umar in the jail. There is likely that it may bring trouble for many other PTI leaders who attended a secret party meeting held in Bani Gala on March 27,2022.
