A special court established under the Official Secrets Act on Monday indicted former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case.
The cipher case pertains to a diplomatic document that reportedly went missing from Imran’s possession.
The PTI alleges that the document contained a threat from the United States to oust Imran from office.
The PTI chief was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison in the Toshakhana graft case on August 5.
The IHC had suspended his sentence on August 29 but he remained in jail because he was on judicial remand in the cipher case.
On September 30, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) submitted a challan — a charge sheet — in the special court naming Qureshi as the principal accused in the cipher case.