Imran Khan's release orders issued in cipher case

A special court issued release orders for the former prime minister and PTI ex-chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan after his bail was confirmed by the Supreme Court in an official Secrets Act case—alias Cypher case.  

The process for the release of PTI founding chairman Imran Khan in the cipher case is underway,

Special court  Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain issued the release orders, after receiving bail from the Supreme Court and Imran Khan’s surety bonds submission.

A three-member bench, led by acting Chief Justice Sardar Tariq Masood granted the bail relief against surety bonds of Rs1 million each in December, last year.

The court said that at this stage there was no sufficient incriminating material to show that Imran revealed the information in the cipher to the general public.

The cipher case pertains to a piece of paper that Imran had waved at a public rally on March 27, 2022, ahead of a vote of confidence that he lost.

The former prime minister, later naming the US, had claimed that the cipher was ‘evidence’ of an “international conspiracy” to topple his government.

It is pertinent to note that PTI's founding chairman will remain in Adiala Jail despite bail as he has been arrested in Toshakhana in a 190 million pounds case.