A special court in Rawalpindi convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan under official Secrets Act sentencing him to ten years in prison.
The special court hearing the cypher case sentenced the former prime minister and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to 10 years imprisonment.
Judge Abul Hasanat Zulqarnain, who presided over the special court established under the Official Secrets Act (OSA), made the announcement of the decision during the hearing held inside the Adiala jail in Rawalpindi.
The judge questioned the former prime Minister one final time where the cypher was before sentencing him.
“I have mentioned in my statement that the Prime Minister House’s security was not my responsibility. I don’t have the cypher,” he stated.
The case originated from Imran’s public display of a paper during a rally in Islamabad on March 27, 2022, claiming it as evidence of an “international conspiracy” before a vote of no-confidence led to his government’s ouster.
The FIA initiated its probe into the so-called “cypher-gate” on July 19, 2023, after the previous coalition government announced an official inquiry against Imran and his close associates for violating the OSA.
Imran was arrested on August 5, following his conviction in the Toshakhana case by a local court of Islamabad. Later, he was also arrested in the cypher case on August 29. [CONTINUE READING HERE]
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