Court adjourns cipher case hearing without proceedings amid IHC stay
Pakistan
Former first lady Bushra Bibi, PTI chairman's sisters were also present in Adiala Jail
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – A special court established under the Official Secrets Act on Friday postponed until Nov 21 hearing of the cipher case in Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail without any proceedings.
The cipher case hearing against the PTI chairman and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was deferred owing to a stay order issued by the Islamabad High Court.
Special court judge Abual Hasnaat Zulqarnain conducted hearing of the cipher case against the PTI chairman and Shah Mahmood Qureshi at Adiala Jail. Former first lady Bushra Bibi and PTI chairman's sisters were also present in Adiala Jail during the case hearing.
Later, the special court adjourned hearing of the case until Nov 21 without any proceedings.
FIA Special Prosecutor Zulfiqar Naqvi told media that hearing was adjourned in the light of IHC's stay order. No witness was produced by the prosecution side as well.
