ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday adjourned the hearing till tomorrow in appeals against the conviction of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) founder and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in a cipher case.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the appeals.
During the proceeding, the defence counsel said that he brought the details regarding the changing in the statement of Azam Khan. The chief justice said that how it could be claimed that Azam Khan changed his statement.
Barrister Salman Safdar said that Azam Khan didn’t say that PTI founder twisted the document and used it for political benefit. He said that the former principal secretary had stated that the PTI founder said in front of military security that the copy of the cipher is missing.
The court asked the lawyer to read the statement of Azam Khan under section 164. The lawyer said that the then prime minister told the public about cipher during a procession, ad
ding that he was not sure that whether the PTI founder waved original document or blank paper in the gathering.
Salman Safdar said that the defence counsels have crossed examined Azam Khan during the trial.
Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb remarked that missing of a civil servant for some time was not an ordinary thing.
He said that the court would also ask advocate general on this matter.
The further hearing of the case was then adjourned till tomorrow.