The special court established under the Rawalpindi Official Secrets Act has appointed the State Defense Council as the lawyers in the cipher case after the lawyers of PTI founder Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi did not appear.
The Cipher case was heard by the Judge Abul Hasanat Zulqarnain of the Secret Court in Adiala Jail Rawalpindi.
After the lawyers of Imran Khan and founder PTI and Shah Mehmood Qureshi did not appear even today despite the court order, the court issued an order to appoint the State Defense Council.
Malik Abdul Rahman will be the defense council for Bani PTI while Younis will be the defense council for Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Both public lawyers will appear as advocates on behalf of the accused.
Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain said in his judgment that the State Council will cross-examine the witnesses representing the accused.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi got angry at the court decision and he snatched the file from State Defense Council Younis Shah in the jail room and threw it on the wall.
It should be remembered that yesterday the secret court ordered Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s lawyers to appear today while expressing their displeasure over their continuous non-appearance.
