By Raza Ruman
PTI senior leader and former federal minister Moonis Elahi sees beginning of end of fake cases against Imran Khan and other party leaders instituted by the PDM government.
“The acquittal of Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case ends another unfair trial,” Moonis says, adding very soon former PM Imran Khan will be among the people.
الحمدللہ،تحریک انصاف کی جیت، انصاف کا بول بالا! اسلام آباد ہائی کورٹ نے PM عمران خان اور شاہ محمود قریشی صاحب کو سائفر کیس میں بری کر دیا۔ ایک اور ان فئیر مقدمہ کا خاتمہ۔ اب بہت جلد ہمارے PM ہمارے درمیان ہونگے۔ چوہدری پرویز الٰہی صاحب کی جانب سے خان صاحب اور شاہ صاحب کو دلی…
— Moonis Elahi (@MoonisElahi6) June 3, 2024
آج سپریم کورٹ کی نشریات بہت ہی دلچسپ ہیں۔ جس وقت جسٹس اطہر من اللہ صاحب عوام کی بات کرتے ہیں جسٹس قاضی فائز عیسی صاحب کا چہرہ دیکھنے کے لائق ہوتا ہے۔ واہ رے قاضی کیا انصاف ہے!
— Moonis Elahi (@MoonisElahi6) June 3, 2024
Wheres all the noise on what he said? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/TFYPOoPYxC
— Sayed Z Bukhari (@sayedzbukhari) June 3, 2024
“Heartiest congratulations to Khan sahib and Shah sahib on behalf of Chaudhry Parvez Elahi sahib,’ he said.
On his account on X Moonis Elahi said that the Islamabad High Court has acquitted PM Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case.
“Justice prevailed and another unfair case against PTI founder Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi ended,” he said and added justice will prevail at the end of the day.
IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb announced the short verdict after accepting the appeals of the former premier and diplomat against their convictions in the case.
The court order says “they shall be released forthwith, if not incarcerated in any other case”.
Both are not expected to be released from prison due to Imran’s sentence in the Iddat case while Qureshi was arrested in recent May 9 cases. The Iddat case was transferred to another judge today while Qureshi is on physical remand till June 5.
A special court, established under the Official Secrets Act, had handed both Imran and Qureshi 10-year jail sentences each in the case in January after Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain appointed a state counsel for them.
It was Imran’s second conviction as he was also convicted in the Toshakhana case on August 5, and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. The IHC had suspended his sentence. However, a division bench later rejected Imran’s petition seeking the suspension of the conviction.
Imran was later convicted in a separate Toshakhana case in January but the 14-year sentence was suspended by the IHC in April. He was convicted in the Iddat case and sentenced to seven years in jail in February.
The cipher case pertains to a diplomatic document that the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) charge sheet alleges was never returned by then-PM Imran, who long held that the document contained a threat from the US to topple his government. PAK DESTINY
