Chairman PTI investigated by FIA team in cipher case in Attock Jail

ATTOCK, August 26 (SABAH): A team of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has investigated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan in Attock Jail in the US cipher case.

According to media reports, the former prime minister was also questioned about the alleged disappearance of the cipher.

According to sources, the FIA cybercrime team under the leadership of Deputy Director Ayaz investigated Imran Khan.

The suspect was questioned for more than an hour regarding the illegal use and disappearance of the cipher.

Imran Khan is serving a sentence in the Toshakhana criminal case, awarded by the sessions court of Islamabad.

An FIR was registered against him, PTI Vice Chairman Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi and other party leaders under the Official Secrets Act and the PPC over illegal use of and misplacement of the cipher.

According to the FIR, the case was registered against the PTI chairman and Qureshi on August 15 over the alleged misplacement of a diplomatic cable from the US under sections 5 and 9 of the Official Secrets Act 1923 read with Section 34 of the PPC.

The FIR was registered on the application of Interior Secretary Yousaf Naseem Khokhar.