Cipher case: Imran Khan booked under Official Secrets Act

[ARMalik]

A person whose every day lies are naked from head to toe, who the world calls Mr. U-turn, whose granny brand mysterious wife is the magical corruption queen of all fraud gangs, are you looking for an example of his lies?

I think If you write ten books on this man's lies, his " chor machaye shor" brand financial corruptions , and his unlimited sexual crimes, it will be too little.

"Butt" of Jokes.

 

[Fasbre2]

Imran Khan is actually the most lying and hypocritical person in the world, the worst fraudulent juggler who is ignorant of politics. What he says in the morning , says the opposite in the evening

You sound like you got ‘butt hurt..’

 

[N.Siddiqui]

Cypher is not a kind of classified security related document.

It was exchanged between the political government officials and not between military personnel.

 

[Jf Thunder]

Im afraid they might give him the death sentence !

 

[PradoTLC]

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• Development comes after FIA's FIR invoked Section 5 of said act.
• FIR was registered by FIA counter-terrorism wing.
• Punishment involves 2-14 years' imprisonment or death sentence.

ISLAMABAD: After a first information report (FIR) against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, registered by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), invoked Section 5 of the Official Secrets Act 1923, the former prime minister has been booked under the said law in the cipher case, The News reported.

The counter-terrorism wing of the FIA had registered the case against the former prime minister — who was ousted from office after a no-confidence motion in April last year — after ascertaining his deliberate involvement in misusing the classified document following a probe.

The government sources, on Thursday, also confirmed that the PTI chief has been booked under Section 5 of the recently-amended act. However, authorities displayed reluctance in sharing a copy of the FIR.

Offences under Section 5, if proved in a court of law, involve punishment of imprisonment from two to 14 years, and in some cases even a death sentence.

According to Section 5 of the Official Secrets Act 1923: “(1) If any person having in his possession or control any secret official code or password or any sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information which relates to or is used in a prohibited place or relates to anything in such a place, or which has been made or obtained in contravention of this Act, or which has been entrusted in confidence to him by any person holding office under [Government], or which he has obtained or to which he has had access owing to his position as a person who holds or has held office under [Government], or as a person who holds or has held a contract made on behalf of [Government], or as a person who is or has been employed under a person who holds or has held such an office or contract —

a) wilfully communicates the code or password, sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information to any person other than a person to whom he is authorised to communicate it, or a Court of Justice or a person to whom it is, in the interests of the State, his duty to communicate it; or

b) uses the information in his possession for the benefit of any foreign power or in any other manner prejudicial to the safety of the State; or c) retains the sketch, plan, model, article, note or document in his possession or control when he has no right to retain it, or when it is contrary to his duty to retain it, or wilfully fails to comply with all directions issued by lawful authority with regard to the return or disposal thereof;

d) fails to take reasonable care of, or so conducts himself as to endanger the safety of, the sketch, plan, model, article, note, document, secret official code or password or information;

He shall be guilty of an offence under this section.

(2) If any person voluntarily receives any secret official code or password or any sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information knowing or having reasonable ground to believe, at the time when he receives it, that the code, password, sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information is communicated in contravention of this Act, he shall be guilty of an offence under this section.

(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be punishable, (a) where the offence committed is a contravention of clause (a) of sub-section (1) and intended or calculated to be, directly or indirectly, in the interest or for the benefit of a foreign power, or is in relation to any work of defence, arsenal, naval, military or air force establishment or station, mine, mine-field, factory, dockyard, camp, ship or aircraft or otherwise in relation to the naval, military or air force affairs of Pakistan or in relation to any secret official code, [with death, or] with imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years; and (b) in any other case, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.”

The cipher case against the former premier became serious after his principal secretary Azam Khan stated before a magistrate as well as the FIA that the former PM had used the US cipher for his ‘political gains’ and to avert a vote of no-confidence against him.

The former bureaucrat, in his confession, said when he provided the ex-premier with the cipher, he was “euphoric” and termed the language a “US blunder”. The former prime minister, according to Azam, then said that the cable could be used for “creating a narrative against establishment and opposition”.

Azam said the US cipher was used in political gatherings by the PTI chairman, despite his advice to him to avoid such acts. He mentioned that the former prime minister also told him that the cipher could be used to divert the public’s attention towards “foreign involvement” in the opposition’s no-confidence motion.

Cipher case: Imran Khan booked under Official Secrets Act

Development comes after FIA's FIR invoked Section 5 of said act.FIR was registered by FIA counter-terrorism wing.Punishment involves 2-14 years' imprisonment or death sentence.

www.geo.tv

Many don’t these thugs get tired of making so many fake cases ?

 

[IceCold]

Im afraid they might give him the death sentence !

You are on point here as hona ko is mulk main kuch be ho sakta ha case in point ZA Bhutto. But from a legal perspective its absolutely BS with no legal standing. This by the way isnt my opinion but rather stated by Latif Khosa.

 

[Asian.Century]

Despite bail order, Imran Khan remains in jail over ‘cypher case’​

The case is related to a diplomatic document that allegedly went missing while in the former prime minister’s possession.

By Abid Hussain | Published On 29 Aug 2023

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan received some rare good news on the legal front when the Islamabad High Court suspended his three-year prison sentence in a corruption case and ordered his release on bail.

But his joy was short-lived on Tuesday as a special court in Islamabad ordered him to remain in custody in a connection with the “cypher case” and instructed authorities to present him before the court on Wednesday.

The cypher case is related to a diplomatic document that allegedly went missing when it was in the former leader’s possession.

Khan, 70, was convicted on August 5 by a trial court for not declaring the assets he made from selling gifts he received from foreign governments and leaders during his premiership from 2018 to 2022.

Last year, a no-confidence vote in parliament removed him from office. Since then, Khan has repeatedly alleged that the cypher, or diplomatic cable, contains proof there was a United States-led conspiracy with Pakistan’s powerful military to oust him.

The US has repeatedly denied any such involvement, as has Pakistan’s military.

After his sentencing early this month, Pakistan’s Election Commission declared Khan ineligible to contest elections for at least five years. Despite Tuesday’s decision by a two-member bench of the Islamabad High Court, the disqualification still stands, according to some legal experts.

“It is important to remember that only the sentence has been suspended, not the actual conviction,” lawyer Mirza Moiz Baig told Al Jazeera following the court’s order.

“Given that the Pakistani Constitution bars a convict from contesting elections, Khan continues to remain disqualified from electoral politics,” Baig said, adding that he also remains ineligible to lead his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.

‘No evidence’​

The Federal Investigation Agency registered a case against Khan and his close aides for allegedly sharing information on the “cypher” cable and violating the recently established Official Secrets Act.

The purported document was published by The Intercept, which has said the source of the secret cable was a military official and not Khan’s PTI party.

Khan has said the document is no longer in his possession and he has no knowledge of its whereabouts.

Sayed Zulfiqar Bukhari, spokesman for the PTI, applauded the Islamabad High Court’s decision to suspend Khan’s sentence and said the party’s top priority is to bring its leader back home.

But after the special court order to keep the former prime minister in detention, Bukhari expressed his displeasure.

“It is absurd that the Official Secrets Act is being forced without any legal standing whatsoever. Are laws & draconian amendments in this country to target just one person/party? Or is there any use of law for the people?” he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1696471834416627857

Intazar Hussain Panjutha, a member of the PTI’s legal team representing Khan, also questioned Khan’s continued imprisonment and said “no plausible” reason could justify it.

“There is no evidence against him. This sentence should have been suspended right at the start of our appeal, and there was no need for wasting so much time as it was not the final decision,” he told Al Jazeera.

The lawyer was also critical of the order by the special court to keep Khan in detention.

“This is an illegal order and, most importantly, a very suspicious one as there is no date mentioned anywhere and it cannot be determined when this was passed. It must be in black and white and clearly reflect when this passed. We will challenge this as it is against the law,” Panjutha said.

The legality of the Official Secrets Act, under which the cypher case is being heard, was called into question this month when President Arif Alvi, himself a member of the PTI, declared he had never signed the amended laws.

The amendments, which give authorities more power to prosecute people for acts committed against the state and military, were presented to Alvi by the outgoing parliament. But the president on August 20 said he had never signed off on them.

According to Pakistan’s Constitution, if the president does not sign a draft bill or return it with his observations or objections within 10 days after it passes both houses of parliament, it becomes law.

Constitutional expert Reza Ali disputed the position taken by PTI officials and said the president’s statement on social media is not enough to keep the changes from going into effect and the party must go to court to appeal.

“Unless the notification issued by the government is challenged in a court of law, despite its defective nature, it remains in the field. The statement by the PTI is inaccurate,” Ali, a Lahore-based lawyer, said.

“Since the court did not set aside the amendments, it remains valid. Posting messages on Twitter does not invalidate it, and if the PTI believes so strongly, a petition should be filed in the court.”

Despite bail order, Imran Khan remains in jail over ‘cypher case’

Case is related to a diplomatic document that allegedly went missing while in the former prime minister’s possession.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[uhuru]

Chuti hafiz looking to save kuttas of GHQ but this time he and many if his colleagues will be hanged in treason inshallah


Chuti hafiz looking to save kuttas of GHQ but this time he and many if his colleagues will be hanged in treason inshallah

amin....

All these must be hanged in public....

alas pak people are just too much like slaves...

BLA is only one who took up this because they saw it first hand what Pakistan is now only witnessing.