Pakistan high court issues stay order against jail trial of Imran Khan in cipher case

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A Pakistan high court on Tuesday issued a stay order against the jail trial of former prime minister Imran Khan in the cipher case, as a special court was hearing the case in a high-security Rawalpindi prison...

Khans close aide and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, 67, who was also arrested in the cipher case was imprisoned in the same jail..

A two-member bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz pronounced the judgement during the hearing of Khans intra-court appeal against his trial in Adiala jail...

The single bench, led by IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, on October 16 had observed no apparent malice behind conducting Khans jail trial in the cipher case and directed him to approach the trial court if his reservations persist..

Separately, an Islamabad-based accountability court sought details from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) if a notification had been issued for a jail hearing of the Al-Qadir Trust case against Khan...

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