ISLAMABAD: A special court on Monday granted two days physical remand of PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi to the FIA in the diplomatic cipher case.
“No more physical remand will be granted if no progress made in the case,” Judge Abu Al-Hasanat Zulqarnain said in his re-marks.
Earlier, Shah Mahmood Qureshi was produced in the special court hearing diplomatic cipher case.
Presiding Judge Abu Al-Hasnat Mohammad Zulqarnain conducted in camera hearing of the cipher case under the official se-crets law.
Former foreign minister Qureshi was produced in the court after completion of his three days’ physical remand today. FIA special prosecutor Zulfiqar Naqvi and PTI lawyers Babar Awan and Shoaib Shaheen were present in the court during the hearing.
According to sources, special prosecutor Zulfiqar Naqvi pleaded to the court for further remand of Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
The court reserved its decision over the FIA plea and later granted two days’ remand of the former minister.
Qureshi had on Saturday challenged his physical remand in the Islamabad High Court. He filed petition against physical remand granted by a special court to the FIA in a case pertaining to a diplomatic cipher that re-portedly went missing from the PTI’s ex-prime minister.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi pleaded to the court to declare the trial court’s August 20, 21 and 25 decisions as void and send him on judicial remand. –Agencies
