Rawalpindi: Important witnesses including Azam Khan and Asad Majeed have recorded their statements in the cipher case.
Also read this news: There is no use in arresting the accused in the cipher case, release will ensure genuine elections, Supreme Court
The open trial of the cipher case is going on in Adiala Jail, in which important witnesses Azam Khan and Asad Majeed recorded their statements in front of Judge Abul Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain. On this occasion, the wife and sisters of former Chairman PTI, Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his family are also present in the court room.
During the hearing, Interior Ministry Secretary Aftab Ahmad Khan, former Executive Magistrate Aveed Irshad, Assistant Cipher Operation Nauman also recorded their statements.
Also read: Bail granted to Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi in cipher case
Earlier, before the start of the hearing, 22 prosecution witnesses had reached Adiala Jail, including Azam Khan, Sohail Mehmood, Asad Majeed, Hidayatullah, Muhammad Ashfaq, Adalatullah Batini, Haseeb Gohar, Nader Khan, Shimoun Abbas, Farrukh Abbas, Ayub. Chaudhry, Aftab Akbar Durrani, Adnan Arshad, Shujaat, Afzal, Javed, Abdul Jabbar, Obaid Irshad Bhatti, Faisal Niaz, Naumanullah, Sajid Mahmood and Mohammad Nauman.
(function(d, s, id){
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}
js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3&appId=770767426360150”;
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));
(function(d, s, id) {
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.7”;
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));