The Islamabad High Court decided that the cipher case bail plea hearing for PTI Chairman Imran Khan would take place in public.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had requested an in-camera hearing of the matter, which the court denied.
According to the ruling, any documents that have to be given in secret would be taken into account after consultation between attorneys.
The court will hear Imran Khan’s bail request in the cipher case in public
The FIA prosecutor had insisted that hearings take place behind closed doors without the presence of the public. The trial was being held in a jail, according to the court, therefore the public was already abstaining.
On October 9 at 2:00 PM, the bail application for the PTI chairman will be considered.
Cipher lawsuit was delayed
In the morning of Wednesday, the PTI Chairman Imran Khan and Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi appeared before the Special Court under the Official Secrets Act for the first time in the cipher matter.
Imran Khan’s attorneys asked the judge to halt the case’s progress, but Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqernain rejected their motion and postponed the hearing until October 9.
The PTI leader’s attorneys, according to information provided to the court, have contested the jail trial and the case’s closed-door hearings at the Islamabad High Court.
At the following hearing, copies of the investigation report will be given to the suspects.
Imran Khan’s attorneys submitted a miscellaneous petition on Wednesday during the hearing in order to stop the trial. They argued that the Islamabad High Court had postponed making a decision on the petitions challenging the jail trial and the case’s closed-door processes.
