Islamabad: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced challenging the special court verdict against its founder Imran Khan and vice-chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi in a high court.
Barrister Ali Zafar has declared the verdict as a peice of a paper adding that after getting a written judgement today tomorrow we will file the appeal.
Ali Zafar said that the sentence will end soon.
Earlier in the day, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and the party vice-chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi have been sentenced to 10 years, each, in the cipher case by the special court.
The decision was announced verbally by special court judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain at the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi in the presence of both the PTI leaders.
The special court has been established under the Official Secrets Act 2023. Judge Zulqarnain has been holding hearings of the case in Adiala Jail since it started last year.
Both politicians had pleaded not guilty to their involvement in the offence related to the alleged misuse of diplomatic cable for political purposes.
Before announcing the verdict, Judge Zulqarnain, during the hearing, reminded the PTI leaders that their lawyers were not appearing in court and were given state lawyers.
The court also observed that Qureshi and Imran were given the questions under 342. However, Qureshi said that his lawyers are not present so how can they record their statement.
The verdict comes a day after the hearing was adjourned as the proceedings were disrupted, as Imran and Qureshi lost their temper and started shouting.
