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Case involving revealing of official secret doc

Imran will remain in jail for 14 days

Thursday, 31 August 2023


ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (AP): Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan will remain in a high-security prison for at least another two weeks despite being granted bail the previous day, as a court extended his detention Wednesday in a case involving the revealing of an official secret document, a defense lawyer said.
The special court - which was recently established to look into anyone accused of disclosing state secrets - announced the decision after a brief closed-door hearing that was held at a high-security Attock prison in the eastern Punjab province, lawyer Intazar Hussain Panjutha said.
The next court hearing will be on Sept. 2, he said.
The court also on Wednesday sent Shah Mehmood Qureshi, a top leader from Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, to 14 days in prison pending trial. Qureshi, who was arrested earlier this month, is facing the same charge of disclosing state secrets.
Khan's other lawyer, Salman Safdar, told reporters that he is petitioning a court to seek bail for Khan in the latest case. He said he is challenging Khan's imprisonment and jail trial as "it is illogical and unconstitutional."