‘Missing cypher’ comes to haunt PTI top leadership

Though the cypher issue did not entirely fade out, it resurfaced after a US publication recently published its contents. Read more: PTI chief ‘ready for 1,000 year jail if necessary’“The said Cypher Telegram (official Secret Document classified as such) is still in the illegal possession/retention of the accused Imran Khan,” it maintained. The FIR added that the “unauthorised retention and misuse of the Cypher Telegram by the accused persons compromised the entire cypher security system of the state and secret communication method of Pakistani missions abroad”. Dispelling notions that the PTI was facing internal strife, Qureshi stressed, "It is incorrect to label PTI as a party in turmoil." He asserted that there was no alternative to PTI Chairman Imran, emphasising that the party’s core committee was actively working in the challenging circumstances.