Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Vice Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has been detained in Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi for a period of 15 days. The directives were issued by Rawalpindi Deputy Commissioner, stating Qureshi’s release may pose a threat to peace and security. It mentioned that the CPO had proposed a 45-day detention period on the recommendation of the relevant station house officer (SHO). The district intelligence committee also concurred with the assessments of the police and security authorities. While granting Qureshi the right to appeal, the order detained Qureshi in the Adiala Jail for 15 days. The development comes days after the Supreme Court granted bail to former prime minister Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cypher case. However, both leaders were not released immediately due to their involvement in other ongoing cases. The cypher case pertains to a piece of paper that Imran had waved at a public rally on March 27, 2022, ahead of a vote of confidence that he lost. The former prime minister, later naming the US, had claimed that the cypher was ‘evidence’ of an “international conspiracy” to topple his government. Shah Mahmood Qureshi was serving as the foreign minister at that time and was indicted in the case on October 23.
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