Islamabad: It has been decided to hold the hearing of the cipher case against Chairman PTI in Attock Jail today.
The Ministry of Law has issued a notification to set up a special court for the cipher case in Attock Jail on Wednesday. Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain will hear the case.
The decision to hear the cipher case in Attock Jail has been made in view of security concerns. The Home Ministry had written a letter to the Law Ministry regarding the security concerns.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has requested the Supreme Court to take notice of the government’s decision to transfer the chairman’s trial to Attock Jail.
In a statement issued by the spokesperson of Tehreek-e-Insaf, it has been said that the constitution gives every citizen the basic right to a fair trial, just like Tosha Khana, the foundation of injustice has been laid in the cipher case.
The spokesman said that the judicial remand of Chairman Imran Khan was given without fulfilling the basic legal requirement of appearing in court under Section 167 of the Criminal Code, now a shameful attempt is being made to establish a new tradition of killing justice through a secret trial in the jail Is.
PTI says that there is no scope in the law for the closed room trial of Chairman PTI and the constitution does not allow it. As a result, any judgment pronounced will have no legitimacy nor will the nation accept it.
The spokesperson of Tehreek-e-Insaf further said that playing with law and justice should be stopped and the chairman of Tehreek-e-Insaf should be avoided as a target of an opaque, illegal and discriminatory trial.
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