ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan authorities on Thursday challenged within the Supreme Court docket the acquittal of former prime minister Imran Khan and former overseas minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi within the cipher case. The case pertains to the incident wherein Khan confirmed a chunk of paper – allegedly a duplicate of a diplomatic communication – at a public rally in Islamabad, claiming it as proof of a conspiracy in opposition to his authorities by a overseas energy, referring to US diplomat Donald Lu, who has been on the centre of the cipher controversy.
He had brandished the cipher paper simply two weeks earlier than the ouster of the PTI authorities in April 2022 by a vote of no-confidence in Parliament.
Khan and Qureshi had been sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment within the cipher case in January by a particular court docket, established underneath the Official Secrets and techniques Act.
Nevertheless, they challenged the sentence and final week a bench of the Islamabad Excessive Court docket (IHC) consisting of Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb accepted their appeals, acquitting them within the case.
The federal authorities challenged their acquittal within the Supreme Court docket which might determine the ultimate destiny of the 2 within the case.
The petition argued that the IHC order was “perverse, arbitrary and opposite to the fabric obtainable on the report” and thus liable to be put aside.
“That the impugned judgment/brief order doesn’t replicate any floor of acquittal of the respondent, even it’s not noticed that the prosecution has did not show its case past any shadow of doubt,” the federal government mentioned in its plea.
“That with utmost respect it submitted that the IHC has not appreciated the proof obtainable on the report in addition to the admission of the accused, whereas acquitting the respondents, as such the impugned judgment is just not sustainable within the eyes of regulation,” the plea concluded.
The apex court docket has up to now not set a date for listening to.
He had brandished the cipher paper simply two weeks earlier than the ouster of the PTI authorities in April 2022 by a vote of no-confidence in Parliament.
Khan and Qureshi had been sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment within the cipher case in January by a particular court docket, established underneath the Official Secrets and techniques Act.
Nevertheless, they challenged the sentence and final week a bench of the Islamabad Excessive Court docket (IHC) consisting of Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb accepted their appeals, acquitting them within the case.
The federal authorities challenged their acquittal within the Supreme Court docket which might determine the ultimate destiny of the 2 within the case.
The petition argued that the IHC order was “perverse, arbitrary and opposite to the fabric obtainable on the report” and thus liable to be put aside.
“That the impugned judgment/brief order doesn’t replicate any floor of acquittal of the respondent, even it’s not noticed that the prosecution has did not show its case past any shadow of doubt,” the federal government mentioned in its plea.
“That with utmost respect it submitted that the IHC has not appreciated the proof obtainable on the report in addition to the admission of the accused, whereas acquitting the respondents, as such the impugned judgment is just not sustainable within the eyes of regulation,” the plea concluded.
The apex court docket has up to now not set a date for listening to.
