Cipher case: Bail plea of PTI chairman, Shah Mahmood Qureshi adjourned till Sept 11
ISLAMABAD (92 News) - The bail plea of the PTI chairman and vice-chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case was adjourned till September 11 as Special Court Judge Abu Al-Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain was on leave on Saturday.
The plea could not be heard during the last two hearings as the judge was on leave. The PTI chairman and Shah Mahmood Qureshi have filed bail pleas in the case.
A case was registered against the PTI chairman and Qureshi under sections 5 and 9 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923, read with Section 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), accusing them of wrongful communication/use of official secret information and illegal retention of a cipher telegram (an official secret document) with mala fide intention.
