Pakistani court rejects incarcerated former PM's bail plea

A Pakistani court has rejected the bail plea of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on September 14 on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer said.

As reported by Channel News Asia, Khan is accused of exposing an official secret document, dubbed Cipher, when he waved a confidential diplomatic letter at a rally last year.

It was apparently correspondence between a Pakistani ambassador to Washington and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad. Khan told the rally it was proof that his removal from power in April 2022 was a conspiracy.

Khan’s lawyer Naeem Panjutha denounced the decision to refuse bail. “The facts of the case are crystal clear and merited a favorable decision from the court”, said Panjutha.