ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (APP): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday disposed of an appeal of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman PTI against his indictment by the trial court in the cipher case.
The court, however, observed that the PTI chairman should be given the right of fair trial.
Chief Justice Aamer Farooq announced the verdict which was earlier reserved after hearing arguments from the petitioner’s lawyer.
The defence lawyer said that they were provided the copies of challan on October 17, by the trial court and it fixed October 23 to frame charges. He said that they were not provided the content of cipher, as it was not part of the case challan.
He prayed the court to issue instructions to the trial court for provision of all relevant documents before indictment.
The IHC will announce its decision on the bail petition of PTI chairman in the cipher case on Friday.
