ISLAMABAD:PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday filed a bail application in Islamabad High Court in missing cipher case, seeking his release.

The bail plea was submitted through Barrister Salman Safdar. It may be mentioned here that Official Secrets Act Special Court, which is hearing the cipher case, had already rejected Imran Khan’s bail request.

The first information report (FIR) was registered on August 15 under the Official Secrets Act. The FIR stated that Imran and foreign minister Qureshi distorted the facts of the diplomatic cipher. “A conspiracy was launched to misuse the contents of the cipher to fulfill nefarious purposes”, it added. It further stated that former premier and top diplomat endangered the state interests.

The report claimed that former prime minister asked Azam Khan – the then principal secretary – to “manipulate the contents of cipher”. “The former premier deliberately kept the copy of diplomatic cipher, which was sent to the PM office”, it added.