Imran Khan ‘shocked’ after hearing about change of judge

ATTOCK: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday was shocked after he was knowledgeable by his authorized staff in regards to the change of the choose listening to the Choose Zeba Chaudhry case registered in opposition to him.

“The PTI chairman was shocked and fearful on the change of the choose listening to the Choose Zeba Chaudhry case,” mentioned one of many PTI chief’s authorized counsel Salman Safdar in a media speak exterior the Attock jail after assembly his consumer.

The lawyer mentioned that Choose Malik Aman, who was listening to the case, was anticipated to subject a verdict quickly. He added that the choose mustn’t have been modified at this significant time.

Salman additionally mentioned that the PTI chief went to Choose Zeba Chaudhry’s court docket and apologised to her for the remarks he handed in opposition to her in a public gathering.

The PTI chief was booked underneath the Anti-Terrorism Act for threatening further classes Choose Zeba Chaudhry and senior law enforcement officials of the Islamabad Police throughout a public rally in August final 12 months.

The Islamabad Excessive Courtroom (IHC) had then began contempt of court docket proceedings in opposition to the previous prime minister.

In a while, the excessive court docket had eliminated the fear costs and likewise pardoned the PTI chief after he had tendered an apology within the contempt case.

However an identical case had been filed in opposition to the PTI chief — after the registration of the primary info report (FIR) in opposition to him — and continues to be pending earlier than the classes court docket.

PTI chief hopeless after not getting bail in cipher case

The PTI chief’s lawyer additionally mentioned that his consumer was extraordinarily hopeless after he didn’t get bail within the cipher case.

“There was no violation of the Official Secrets and techniques Act,” claimed the lawyer. He added that in their assembly additionally they briefed the PTI chairman on the suspension of bails in 9 instances and likewise on the 9 instances being heard within the IHC.

Final month, the Federal Investigation Company (FIA) booked PTI chief and his occasion’s vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi underneath the Official Secrets and techniques Act for allegedly misplacing and misusing the categorised doc for vested political pursuits.

Subsequently, each leaders have been arrested in reference to the investigation into the case and a particular court docket was established underneath the Official Secrets and techniques Act to attempt the accused.

The previous prime minister has been in Attock Jail after he was arrested following his conviction within the Toshakhana case.

Whereas the IHC had overturned a decrease court docket’s resolution to jail him, he stays behind bars on account of his arrest within the cipher case. The arrest of the PTI chief was made whereas he was behind bars.

What’s the cipher case?

The controversy first emerged on March 27, 2022, when Khan — simply days earlier than his ouster in April 2022 — brandished a letter, claiming that it was a cipher from a international nation, which talked about that his authorities needs to be faraway from energy.

He didn’t reveal the contents of the letter nor point out the identify of the nation that had despatched it. However a number of days later, he named the USA and mentioned that Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Affairs Donald Lu had sought his elimination.

The cipher was about former Pakistan ambassador to the US Asad Majeed’s assembly with Lu.

The previous prime minister, claiming that he was studying contents from the cipher, mentioned that “all will probably be forgiven for Pakistan if Imran Khan is faraway from energy”.

Then on March 31, the Nationwide Safety Committee (NSC) took up the matter and determined to subject a “robust demarche” to the nation for its “blatant interference within the inside affairs of Pakistan”.

Later, after his elimination, Khan’s successor Shehbaz Sharif convened one other assembly of the NSC, which got here to the conclusion that it had discovered no proof of a international conspiracy within the cipher.

The cipher case in opposition to the previous premier grew to become severe after his principal secretary Azam Khan acknowledged earlier than a Justice of the Peace in addition to the Federal Investigation Company (FIA) that the previous PM had used the US cipher for his “political positive aspects” and to avert a vote of no-confidence in opposition to him.

The previous bureaucrat, in his confession, mentioned when he supplied the ex-premier with the cipher, he was “euphoric” and termed the language a “US blunder”. The previous prime minister, in response to Azam, then mentioned that the cable may very well be used for “making a narrative in opposition to institution and opposition”.

Azam mentioned the US cipher was utilized in political gatherings by the PTI chairman, regardless of his recommendation to keep away from such acts. He talked about that the previous prime minister additionally instructed him that the cipher may very well be used to divert the general public’s consideration in the direction of “international involvement” within the opposition’s no-confidence movement.