Court issues notice to federation, adjourns hearing<\/p>\n
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday rejected a request by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) seeking a stay order on incarcerated former premier Imran Khan’s in-camera trial in the cypher case.<\/p>\n
The plea, challenging the trial court’s December 12 order, was heard by Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, who also issued a notice to the federation during the hearing and sought responses to the PTI petition.<\/p>\n
Imran’s lawyer,\u00a0Salman Usman Gul,\u00a0urged for\u00a0the immediate cessation of the trial, however, the request was rejected as Justice\u00a0Aurangzeb stated\u00a0that notices would first be issued to respondents, and the matter would be examined later.<\/p>\n
The court then inquired from the defence counsel of an authorized government officer could approach the court and file a complaint. The PTI counsel highlighted that a first information report, and not a complaint, had been registered in the case.<\/p>\n
He added that the case is being heard daily and 25 witnesses have recorded their statements, out of which three have been cross-examined.<\/p>\n
The counsel further requested that the IHC instruct the special court to conduct the trial after five or six days as it can “complete the trial during this period”.<\/p>\n