In a bold move, the flamboyant jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan on Monday categorically said that he would “drag” former army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa as well as the US embassy officials through the courts in the cypher case.
In an informal conversation with journalists inside Adiala jail during the hearing of the cypher case, he said: “I will include General Bajwa and US embassy officials as witnesses in the case”.
“General Bajwa did everything on Donald Lu’s directives,” maintained a confident Khan. A special court established under the Official Secrets Act 2023 held an open court hearing in Adiala jail where Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi are incarcerated.
Family members and lawyers of the incarcerated PTI leaders were in attendance, along with special prosecutor Zulfikar Abbas Naqvi and Rizwan Abbasi.
At the outset, the judge expressed displeasure at PTI lawyer Usman Gul for not arriving in court on time. “The next hearing should begin on time and witnesses be produced in court,” he directed, adding that both sides should mutually decide a time.
Judge Zulqarnain then instructed the parties to check if all the documents in the case record were present to distribute the same.
