ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (DNA): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will announce
its decision on the bail petition of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)
chairman in the cipher case on Friday.
The high court meanwhile disposed of an appeal filed by the PTI chairman
against his indictment by the trial court in the cipher case.
The court, however, observed that the PTI chief should be given the
right of fair trial.
Chief Justice Aamer Farooq announced the verdict which was earlier
reserved after hearing arguments from the petitioner’s lawyer.
The defence lawyer said that they were provided the copies of challan on
October 17 by the trial court and October 23 was fixed for framing
charges.
He said that they were not provided the content of cipher, as it was not
part of the case challan.
He requested the court to issue instructions to the trial court for
provision of all relevant documents before indictment.
