ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court on the appeal of former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday issued a stay order against his cipher case trial in Adiala Jail.

A divisional bench consisting of Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb and Justice Taman Rift conducted the hearing and adjourned the hearing of the case till November 16.

The court also summoned all the records based on the reasons for the jail trial while also rejecting the request of the Attorney General not to issue an injunction.

The development came after the caretaker federal cabinet on Monday approved the jail trial of the former prime minister and PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the case.

During the hearing, Justice Miangul Hasan inquired that the court wants to know what are the unusual circumstances that this trial is being conducted in this way. “You have to tell us what actually happened,” the judge asked.

The Attorney General said that he would take the records from all the relevant institutions and place them before the court.

On this, Justice Miangul Hasan said that apparently, it seems that the three notifications (issued for the approval of jail trial) are not in accordance with the relevant rules of the High Court.

The court asked the Attorney General that when and under what circumstances was it decided that there would be a jail trial. There are many questions that need to be answered, the court said.

The court further said that the federal cabinet approved the prison trial two days ago, what were the reasons that the federal cabinet approved the prison trial?

Later, after hearing the arguments of the parties, the court issued an injunction on the jail trial of Imran Khan in the cipher case and stopped the hearing of the case in the jail until November 16.