A special court formed under the Official Secrets Act on Wednesday extended the judicial remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and party's vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi till September 26.
The deposed prime minister, who is being held in judicial detention until September 13 in the cypher case, filed a petition before the IHC contesting the law ministry's notification, through his attorney Sher Afzal Marwat.
The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday directed the police not to take any "illegal" step against the family of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Kamran Bangash.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has expressed disappointment over the tricks that are being played to delay the hearing of the cypher case of its Chief Imran Khan and alleged that it was an attempt to deprive him of the right to a fair trial and perpetuate his detention in Attock jail.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, was arrested shortly after being released from prison on Tuesday, Pakistan-based Express Tribune reported.
The PTI legal team which includes lawyers Babar Awan, Salman Safdar and Naeem Haider Panjotha were informed regarding the leave of the judge in the courtroom.
It may be noted that Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi was released on the Lahore High Court's instructions and then promptly detained again by Islamabad police under 3-MPO.
The issue arose after President Arif Alvi invited Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja last month for a meeting to “fix an appropriate date” for general elections after the ECP expressed its inability to hold elections within the constitutionally mandated period.
Amid the ongoing talks over Pakistan's general elections, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ata Tarar hinted that if the elections get delayed, they will hold protests with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Earlier, A special court in Islamabad on Tuesday ordered Attock Jail authorities — where the former premier is incarcerated — to keep the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) chairman in judicial lockup in the cipher case.