Pakistan’s court orders Imran Khan to be present in court on November 28 for hearing

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Super User 26 November 2023

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Imran Khan will finally make a public appearance after nearly a three-month hiatus following his arrest and subsequent detention in a state secrets leakage case. A Pakistani court has summoned Imran Khan to appear for trial on November 28.

Khan is currently detained in Rawalpindi's Adiala jail, alongside Pakistan's former external affairs minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, in connection with the state's secrets case.

Khan’s lawyer speaks

Khan’s lawyer, Naeem Panjutha, shared information about the court’s order on his former Twitter account

عدالت نے عمران خان صاحب کو پیش کرنے کا حکم دیا ہے ،القادر ٹرسٹ کیس میں آج جیل میں سماعت ہو گی،ابھی ہم جیل جارہے ہیں! pic.twitter.com/nHDr76YFif
— Naeem Haider Panjutha (@NaeemPanjuthaa) November 23, 2023

“The court has ordered Imran Khan's appearance on November 28. Now, we must ensure this order is executed,” stated Panjutha.
On August 5, Khan was sentenced to three years in jail for violating Pakistan's Official Secrets Act, right after being cleared in the Toshakhana case. He was arrested and jailed along with another Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, Shah Mehmood Qureshi.

Although the Pakistan caretaker government had approved the in-jail trial of both Khan and Qureshi, the Islamabad High Court declared the charges null and void during the jail trial. Subsequently, the court ordered a public trial for Khan and Qureshi in the cipher case, scheduled to commence on November 28, 2023.