{"id":761,"date":"2023-08-28T13:50:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T13:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/qureshis-remand-extended-by-two-days-in-cypher-case-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T13:50:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T13:50:19","slug":"qureshis-remand-extended-by-two-days-in-cypher-case-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/qureshis-remand-extended-by-two-days-in-cypher-case-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Qureshi\u2019s remand extended by two days in cypher case | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) vice chairman and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s\u00a0physical remand was extended by two days on Monday by the special court hearing cases pertaining to the Official Secrets Act.<\/p>\n

The PTI stalwart was produced in\u00a0court\u00a0the case about the missing\u00a0cypher after completing his earlier three-day physical remand. Following an in-camera hearing, the court handed Qureshi\u00a0back to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for another two days.<\/p>\n

The special court, in its remarks, stated that no further physical remand will be given if the prosecution fails to proceed in the case further.<\/p>\n

Two days earlier, Qureshi had moved<\/a> the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to declare orders pertaining to his physical remand null and void. The PTI vice-chairman filed a petition against three orders of physical remand passed by the trial court on August 20, 21 and 25.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Official Secrets Act court’s order to give physical remand should be declared null and void,” said the petition, further maintaining that “an order for a judicial remand should be passed”.<\/p>\n

Read more <\/strong>\u2018Missing cypher\u2019 comes to haunt PTI top leadership<\/a><\/p>\n

He further stated in his plea that a \u201cmalicious case\u201d was filed against him with the \u201cconnivance of the federal government\u201d for \u201cpolitical vendetta\u201d.<\/p>\n

Last week, the FIA arrested Qureshi from his residence in the federal capital.<\/p>\n

The agency has booked former premier Imran Khan and Qureshi among others for \u201cwrongful use\u201d of official secret information and illegal retention of the cypher telegram \u2013 an official secret document \u2013 with malafide intention.<\/p>\n

The FIR No 6\/2023 read that the role of the former prime minister\u2019s principal secretary Azam Khan, ex-planning minister Asad Umar, and other associates involved would be determined during the course of investigations.<\/p>\n

The counter-terrorism wing (CTW) of the FIA had registered a case under sections 5 (wrongful communication, etc, of information) and 9 (attempts, incitements, etc) of the Official Secrets Act of 1923 read with Section 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code on the complaint of then interior secretary Yousaf Naseem Khokhar in Islamabad.<\/p>\n

The FIR revealed that the case had been registered upon the conclusion of an enquiry No111\/2023 dated Oct 5, 2022, registered in the FIA\u2019s CTW.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n