Published December 12,2023
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A Pakistani courtroom mentioned Tuesday it deferred the re-indictment of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his international minister till Wednesday in a case that accuses the 2 politicians of exposing state secrets and techniques.
Khan’s lawyer, Salman Safdar, mentioned the indictment was deferred after the accused objected to barring reporters from attending the listening to in a courtroom within the northeastern garrison metropolis of Rawalpindi.
Talking to reporters after the listening to, Safdar accused the authorities of not permitting the media to attend regardless of an order by the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
Khan and his Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi have been indicted in October in what is usually generally known as the “cipher case,” during which each pleaded not responsible.
The indictment, nonetheless, was declared null and void when the IHC declared their jail trial “illegal” final month.
The cipher case pertains to diplomatic communications between Washington and Islamabad, which Khan mentioned was a part of a U.S. conspiracy to topple his authorities.
Khan, who served from 2018 – 2022, misplaced a vote of confidence in parliament in April 2022, one yr wanting finishing his time period.
In August 2022, he was sentenced by a trial courtroom in Islamabad for concealing particulars and unlawfully promoting state presents he obtained as prime minister. Pakistan’s Election Commission consequently barred him from holding public workplace for 5 years.
The IHC, nonetheless, suspended his sentence weeks later and ordered his launch.
Source: www.anews.com.tr