Islamabad : Oct 23 : Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) chairman ,Imran Khan, and his Foreign minister and party vice chairman, Shah Mahmood Qureshi , have been inducted in cipher case on Monday.
A special court of judge , Abdul Hasnat Zulqurnain , heard the case in Adiala jail, Rawalpindi and indicted PTI top two leaders in the cipher case . Both Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi were present in the court.
On the last hearing , the special court had provided copies of the charge- sheet to PTI chairman and his Foreign minister and fixed October 23 for indictment of both leaders.
In its report , the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has termed Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi as central characters in cipher case. The FIA report said PTI top leadership held a secret meeting at Imran Khan’s residence in Bani Gala and decided to use the cipher received by the Foreign Office from Pakistan’s ambassador to US, Dr Asad Majeed, for political milage . The FIA also mentioned in its report that by using secret diplomatic cable for political gains PTI leadership caused huge loss to Pakistan’s relationships with the US. The PTI chief had waved a document while addressing to a public rally at Parade ground on March 27 in 2022 and claimed that it was the letter received by Pakistani ambassador from a US diplomat which speaks of a deep- rooted conspiracy to dislodge his government from the power corridor. Following no confidence vote, Imran Khan gave an impression in almost every public rally that US was supporting Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) parties to throw him out of the rule.
Imran Khan ‘s anti US posture did worked in his favour, but the use of cipher for political stunt caused huge loss to the country