The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday rejected a challan submitted by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and called for the formation of a judicial commission to investigate the cipher case, Pakistan-based ARY News reported. In a statement issued on September 30, the PTI spokesperson called the challan submitted against PTI chairman Imran Khan and vice chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi “meaningless and bogus as cipher case.”
The party spokesperson further said that the cipher was still present in its original state in the Foreign Office. He said, “Cipher’s presence proves the allegations levelled against the former prime minister [Imran Khan] as baseless.”
The PTI spokesperson said, “The then federal cabinet declassified the cipher under its powers”, adding that Official Secrets Act cannot be applied in this case.
According to the party spokesperson, Imran Khan had repeatedly demanded an independent and impartial investigation into cipher case.