Islamabad: The hearing was adjourned till September 12 on the request of chairman PTI against the hearing of the cipher case in Attock Jail.
Chief Justice Islamabad High Court Justice Aamir Farooq heard the petition, in which lawyer Sher Afzal Marwat appeared before the court on behalf of Chairman PTI. On this occasion, FIA’s lawyers requested to give a week’s time to submit the reply.
Chief Justice Amir Farooq inquired that what is the next date of the cipher case? , to which lawyer Sher Afzal replied that the question is whether a new notification will be issued on September 13. Prosecutor Zulfiqar Abbas Naqvi said that in this regard we will take instructions and inform the court.
The Chief Justice said that we will keep the case before this hearing, the court should be informed. On the request of chairman PTI, the court was shifted from F8 court to the judicial complex. The Ministry of Home Affairs becomes the concerned Ministry, how did the Ministry of Law make this notification? .
Lawyer Sher Afzal said that any notification for the next hearing should be stopped, to which the Chief Justice said that we have kept the case here for hearing before the next hearing. The lawyer said that he will issue the notification on September 10 instead of September 12, on which the Chief Justice remarked that if you let it issue, what difference will it make.
The Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court said that on the next hearing, tell the court under which authority the Ministry of Law issued the notification. Lawyer Sher Afzal said that we request that arguments be given today, to which the Chief Justice said that he is saying that we thought that the application would be withdrawn. The lawyer replied why should we withdraw the application, we want to give arguments.
Advocate Sher Afzal told the court that the trial court is not hearing our bail plea because of this plea. Now for this reason Chairman PTI will have to stay in jail for another 6 days.
The Chief Justice said that I order in this regard that this application in the High Court does not matter. The trial court is not barred by reason of this plea. The trial court was restrained when the High Court restrained it from proceeding.
Prosecutor Rizwan Abbasi told the court that a similar application is pending in the trial court. On which the Chief Justice said that the trial court should decide on this request, the High Court did not stop it. If the trial court decides, the petition in the High Court will become ineffective. If the trial court decides, the aggrieved party will appeal.
Later, the court adjourned the hearing of the case till September 12. The Chief Justice remarked that if the arguments are completed on September 12, the decision will be taken on the same day.
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