The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday approved Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and party leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s petitions challenging conviction in the cipher case.
IHC Chief Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb announced the judgment on the petitions challenging the conviction in the cipher case.
In January, a special court constituted under the Official Secrets Act sentenced Imran and Qureshi to ten years in prison each after Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain appointed a state attorney on their behalf.
The cipher issue involves a diplomatic paper that, according to the Federal Investigation Agency's charge sheet, was never returned by then-Prime Minister Imran, who long believed the document represented a threat from the United States to overturn his government.