Islamabad: The High Court of Islamabad has stated that no one knows what the content of the safe has, but it is being said that the enemy has benefited from it. The entire case revolves around a document that is not on record and neither is its content.
The appeal of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi against the sentence in the safe case was heard in the Islamabad High Court in front of Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb. PTI’s lawyers, Salman Safdar and others, appeared in court while FIA prosecutors Hammad Ali Shah and Zulfiqar Abbasi and Attorney General Islamabad Iyaz Shaukat also appeared.
The Chief Justice said that we had asked for a report from the Superintendent Adiala Jail, but the report from the Superintendent Adiala Jail has not been submitted yet.
Imran Khan’s lawyer, Barrister Salman Safdar, presented evidence and said that the safe office works 24 hours and the safe was received through email.
The Chief Justice asked, “When the safe arrives, it comes in email code form. Will the officer download it and decode it?”
Salman Safdar said, “The original safe will stay with him, the secret language is also written on it. The Foreign Affairs Secretary gives permission on who the safe should go to. The copy of the safe that goes with someone will be considered the original safe that must be returned. This safe is returned and then destroyed.
Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb asked, “Was there access to the safe at any stage of the PTI founder’s code?”
Salman Safdar said, “There was no access nor was this an FIA case. Safe does not have access to the security code, so how was the system compromised? I will highlight the High Court’s requests in court tomorrow. We requested the trial court for the safe guidelines, which were rejected.
Chief Justice Aamer Farooq said, “This is a criminal case that is not recorded in the document, the document for which misuse or tampering is alleged, its content is not recorded. This is not a civil case, but a criminal case and suspects cannot be presumed guilty without prosecution proving it.
The court asked, “Was ‘Super Copy’ an official terminology?” Special Prosecutor Hammad Ali Shah said, “No, it is not.”
Salman Safdar said, “The number that is attached is not a safe but plain text is visible. One page earlier they are saying that a number has come from America, now on the next page they are saying that the safe number is placed here. The correct position is that the witness is saying that the safe copy in Pakistan has a number.”
Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb said, “I have read in some places in the trial court’s decision that the text is written there as well.”
The court also asked, “Where is it written that the safes will be destroyed?” Salman Safdar said, “You can see the safe too.”
The court said, “We are hearing the appeal, we need to see the legal position of the trial court’s decision, neither the judge nor the prosecution has been shown the document.”
Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb said, “No one knows what the safe contains, but it is being said that the enemy has benefited. The content of the safe is not in front of the judge, the prosecution, or the defendants’ lawyers. How does the safe work? Ask the Foreign Office to bring it?”
Chief Justice said, “The court had demanded State Counsel’s views, Superinten
dent Adiala Jail records were requested but were not submitted.”
Attorney General Iyaz Shaukat said, “We did not receive the court order, upon which the Chief Justice said, “The order was written in your presence. You are taking our order very lightly.”
The hearing of the safe case against the sentence was adjourned till tomorrow.