Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir announced that the couple would endure 14 years of rigorous imprisonment and a 10-year ban from seeking public office, along with a substantial fine of Rs787 million.

Meharbano Qureshi, the daughter of Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who was present outside the jail to receive her father, expressed her dismay over the situation.

The court, in line with the Islamabad High Court's recent ruling, declares the jail trial in the cipher case illegal, deeming proceedings since August 29, including the indictment, to be without lawful authority.

The Islamabad High Court has also rejected the plea of the PTI chairman for bail in the cipher case.

The hearing has taken place at Adiala Jail, where Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain has delivered the verdict.

The FIA submits the case under the Official Secrets Act to a special court, seeking trial and punishment for those involved.

The PTI former secretary-general has refuted the rumours of his arrest, saying that he had cooperated with the investigation on two occasions.

A statement issued by the president office recommends that Ms. Humaira Ahmed, a BPS-22 officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service, be appointed as the new Secretary to the President."

Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Vice Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), who was apprehended by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday, is likely to be produced before the court regarding a cipher case linked to the same act.

PML-N leader and PM’s aide Attaullah Tarar  accuses the PTI of using delaying tactics during the case proceedings and asserts that the PTI chairman is now considered a “certified thief”.