Asad Umar, the head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was granted bail on Thursday by a special court in the cypher case.
Asad Umar secures bail in cipher case: The ruling about Umar’s bail against surety bonds of Rs. 50,000 was made public by Judge Abu Alhasnaat Zulqurnain.
Umar, who served as the PTI government’s finance and planning ministers, personally appeared before an Islamabad court to obtain bail.
Imran Khan, the chairman of the PTI, and Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the vice chairman, are both being held without bail in the same case until September 26.
On August 20, a few hours after Qureshi was taken into custody in connection with the cypher issue, Umar went “missing” from Islamabad.
Allegedly, Asad Umar was detained in a cyber investigation last Tuesday. However, he denied the reports and appeared to seek bail in the case following the detention of party officials.
Case cypher
The Official Secrets Act’s first information report (FIR) was filed on August 15. In response to the Home Secretary’s complaint, it was recorded.
The names of former principal secretary Azam Khan and former planning minister Asad Umar were also listed in the report. Along with them, the report included former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
Authorities have determined that Azam Khan and Asad Umar were also involved in the improper utilization of secret documents. Consequently, action is reportedly planned against them as well.
According to the FIR, the former foreign minister and prime minister fabricated information on the diplomatic cypher. It continued, “A conspiracy was started to use the cipher’s information for evil ends. It went on to say that the state’s interests were harmed by the former premier and senior diplomat.
According to the report, Azam Khan, the previous prime minister’s principal secretary, was directed to “manipulate the contents of cypher” by the former prime minister. Furthermore, “The former premier kept the copy of the diplomatic cypher that was sent to the PM office on purpose,” the statement continued.