A special court on Thursday granted bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar in the cipher case.
Judge Abu Alhasnaat Zulqurnain announced the decision on Umar’s bail against surety bonds worth Rs50,000.
Umar, who served as finance minister and planning minister in the PTI government, appeared in person before Islamabad court to secure bail.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan and Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi are on remand in the same case until September 26.
Umar had gone ‘missing’ from Islamabad on August 20, hours after Qureshi was arrested in the cipher case.
On last Tuesday, it was reported that Asad Umar had been arrested in a cipher probe, but he refuted the news and appeared on the scene to secure bail in the case after the arrest of party leaders.
The first information report (FIR) was registered on August 15 under the Official Secrets Act. It was registered on the complaint of Home Secretary.
Former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi were nominated in the report, while names of former principal secretary Azam Khan and former planning minister Asad Umar were also mentioned.
