ISLAMABAD:A special court on Thursday rejected the bail applications of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and the party’s Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case.

Special court Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain heard the bail applications and reserved the verdict after PTI’s counsels completed their arguments. Later, the judge announced the reserved verdict, rejecting the post-arrest bail pleas of the PTI leaders.

Last month, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) booked the PTI Chairman Imran Khan and the party’s Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi under the Official Secrets Act for allegedly misplacing and misusing classified document (cipher) for vested political interests. Both Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi are in jail.