FIA might arrest Chairman PTI if he fails to cooperate with their investigation into the cipher: Rana Sanaullah

ISLAMABAD, July 20 (SABAH): Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan on Thursday stated that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) might arrest Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan if he fails to cooperate with their investigation into the cipher.

The minister’s warning comes a day after Imran Khan’s ex-principal secretary Muhammad Azam Khan— in an alleged confession that surfaced on Wednesday — accused his former boss of using a cipher from Pakistan’s mission in the US to gain political mileage and build an “anti-establishment narrative” on the back of the “confidential” document.

Rana Sanaullah had on Wednesday also held a press conference to lend credence to the confessional statement circulating on social media and assail the PTI chief. Soon after his presser, the FIA issued a notice to Imran Khan, asking him to appear before the bureau in Islamabad on July 25 in connection with the cipher probe.

On Thursday, Rana Sanaullah Khan provided an update on the FIA investigation, issuing a reminder to the former premier to be prepared to face the law.

“The FIA has summoned the PTI chairman in the cipher investigation. If he does not cooperate during the inquiry stage, he could face possible arrest. Following the investigation, the FIA will make recommendations based on evidence regarding those who are complicit and against whom criminal cases should be filed,” the minister stated on Twitter.