ISLAMABAD: Former secretary-general of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Asad Umar has been taken into custody by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Sunday.
The counter-terrorism wing of the FIA had registered the case against the former prime minister after ascertaining his deliberate involvement in misusing the classified document following a probe.
The former federal minister Asad Umar was taken into custody from Islamabad in cipher probe case.
Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) vice chairman and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was arrested from his residence in Islamabad and shifted to Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) headquarters.
It is pertinent to mention here that Azam Khan, ex-principal secretary to the former prime minister made startling revelations and said that the former PM used US cypher for his ‘political gains’ and to avert a no-confidence motion against him.
Khan, who had earlier been “missing” for months, suddenly appeared before the scene and made startling revelations about US cypher, while recording his statement under the CrPC 164 before a magistrate.
