Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Quershi
A special court on Wednesday extended Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi's judicial remand in cipher case till September 26.

Khan has been imprisoned in the jail since his conviction in the Toshakhana case on August 5 for failing to properly declare gifts he received while in office.

While the Islamabad High Court had overturned a lower court's decision to jail him for three years with a Rs100,000 fine — a judgment that kept him from contesting upcoming elections, he remains behind bars due to his arrest in the cipher case.

The FIA had officially arrested the former prime minister in the cipher case last month after booking him under the Official Secrets Act.

Qureshi was taken into custody from his residence in Islamabad in the same case on August 19 while Khan was arrested in the cipher case while he was serving a three-year sentence in Attock jail in the Toshakhana case last month.

The Law Ministry had established the special court under the Official Secrets Act to conduct hearing on cipher case and anti-terrorism court (ATC) Judge Zulqarnain was given an additional charge to hear the matter.

A day earlier. the IHC reserved its verdict on Khan's petition challenging the Law Ministry's notification to hold his trial in Attock jail citing security concerns.

Pakistan

Cipher case: Imran, Qureshi's judicial remand extended till Sep 26

Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Quershi
A special court on Wednesday extended Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi's judicial remand in cipher case till September 26.

Khan has been imprisoned in the jail since his conviction in the Toshakhana case on August 5 for failing to properly declare gifts he received while in office.

While the Islamabad High Court had overturned a lower court's decision to jail him for three years with a Rs100,000 fine — a judgment that kept him from contesting upcoming elections, he remains behind bars due to his arrest in the cipher case.

The FIA had officially arrested the former prime minister in the cipher case last month after booking him under the Official Secrets Act.

Qureshi was taken into custody from his residence in Islamabad in the same case on August 19 while Khan was arrested in the cipher case while he was serving a three-year sentence in Attock jail in the Toshakhana case last month.

The Law Ministry had established the special court under the Official Secrets Act to conduct hearing on cipher case and anti-terrorism court (ATC) Judge Zulqarnain was given an additional charge to hear the matter.

A day earlier. the IHC reserved its verdict on Khan's petition challenging the Law Ministry's notification to hold his trial in Attock jail citing security concerns.