Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the appeal against the in-camera trial of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in the cypher case. The IHC had stopped the hearing of the case till January 11.
Accountability court Judge Muhammad Bashir put off framing charges against PTI founder Imran Khan Bushra Bibi as the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) prosecutor, Amjad Pervaiz, requested more time to advance their arguments in the case.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the former prime minister of Pakistan, has declared he will not run in the elections that are slated to take place in February next year, ARY News reported.
It reported that Bugti made the announcement as he attended the PPP's workers convention in Turbat, Balochistan. The convention was also attended by PPP stalwarts along with co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari.
In his petition, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan stated that ECP did not have jurisdiction to start contempt proceedings. He called the secret trial in prison a violation of Article 4 of the Constitution.
Pakistan's former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser, who had recently been granted bail by a session court, was re-arrested on Saturday in a fresh case filed in Mardan district.
Adiala jail authorities, citing "security risks" did not present Imran Khan before the special court at Islamabad's Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) on Tuesday.
Since November 15, officials from the anti-graft watchdog have been visiting Adiala Jail to carry out an investigation into the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman's role in the case.
A special court on Thursday ordered to present former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi before it in the cypher case on November 28.
An accountability court in Lahore on Saturday acquitted Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and others in the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme case.