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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday approved Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and party’s Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s pleas challenging conviction in the cipher.
IHC Chief Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb announced the short verdict on the pleas challenging the conviction in the cipher case.
The PTI founder and party’s vice-chairman were sentenced to 10 years each in prison in cipher case in January this year.
The case pertains to allegations that the former prime minister had made public contents of a secret cable sent by the country’s ambassador in Washington to the government in Islamabad.
