The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the request for an immediate meeting with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, while significant developments were also reported during the hearing in the cipher case. On the request of PTI leader Advocate Latif Khosa to meet the party founder, a two-member bench headed by Chief Justice Yahya Afridi issued notice to the government for tomorrow (Tuesday).
The chief justice remarked that the court cannot issue such an order without serving notice to the relevant authorities. He observed that the objection regarding the maintainability of the petition must first be removed, and reminded that the petitioner’s cases are pending before other courts. In the court’s view, the case has become ineffective, noting that it pertained to an order dated August 24, 2023, against which the case had been filed.