00:00 But sir, tell me, Salman Sardar sahib, the old section 5 of the Official Secret Act has been filed against the former Prime Minister, the FIR that we have in front of us.
00:08 Does a new version of the Official Secret Act apply after the revamp?
00:12 Because after the revamp, not only physical and digital evidence can be used as evidence,
00:17 but if you get a copy of this from the press at home, then your entire case is ruined.
00:23 As soon as Imran Khan sahib's conviction is in Tosha Khana, a very comprehensive, surprise raid, within 30 minutes of announcing of the verdict,
00:33 is done in a very clean manner.
00:35 And everything at home is done in a very straightforward manner.
00:40 So if there was a message of a cipher at that time, it would have been taken in its translation at that time.
00:46 Because you know that since the last 10 months, his stay and residence is in a very clean manner.
00:52 So if there was anything in his physical custody, then within 2-2.5 hours,
00:56 as they say, the post-mortem of the entire house would have been done, and that thing would have been found.
01:00 Now coming back to your question,
01:02 see, why was the need to revamp?
01:07 1923 is an old law. It has been many years since 1923. This is 2023.
01:15 So that law was not catering to the message of the cipher in any way.
01:21 So today, the need was felt that to do the right prosecution,
01:25 it should be revamped so that the law can be stretched and the present government can take Imran Khan sahib in its custody.
01:33 But neither old law nor new law, both are spineless, both are the prosecution.
01:40 Neither section 5 is applied on them, nor is it section 9.
01:45 See, in this case, I will simplify it for your audience, because cipher is a very complicated subject and prosecution.
01:56 I will simplify it.
01:58 There are two main accusations against Khan Sahib on cipher.
02:02 Number one, that you have kept it illegally with you and you are not giving it.
02:07 You have your own opinion that it is original, it is with the foreign office and you only have a photocopy.
02:13 Number two, you misused it.
02:17 Prejudicial to the national security.
02:19 On that, the briefing that Khan Sahib gave me today, the meeting I had with him for 15 minutes,
02:26 he told that as soon as the objectionable message came, it was first placed in front of the federal government cabinet.
02:36 And the entire cabinet quorum raised their eyebrows at him and then it was unanimously decided that it should be declassified.
02:48 So when the cabinet in the presence of the Prime Minister decided that it should be declassified,
02:56 then the official secret was not there after that day.
03:00 So how is the prosecution of the Official Secret Act 1923 of 5 and Section 9?
03:06 9 is the charge of instigation and abetment.
03:10 So the prosecution of 5 and 9 is wholly out of place.
03:14 Neither can the FIR be registered on it, nor can the Federal Investigating Agency investigate it.
03:21 And for about 10 months, the Lahore High Court has kept this investigation on these foundations.
03:28 It suddenly came from the back burner to the front burner so that Khan Sahib was also involved in this case.
03:35 But Salman, you also said about the declassification of the CIFIR and now again you have made this claim.
03:42 On 9 April 2022, there was a special cabinet meeting.
03:46 The decision was made that the CIFIR will be partially declassified.
03:50 We were also reporting then. We had information, we were also talking.
03:54 One copy was sent to the Speaker, one copy was sent to the President of the country,
03:58 who later sent the copy to the Chief Justice of Pakistan.
04:01 The journalists were only sharing text. It was done again and again.
04:04 I was also present in those meetings. It was not shown, but the text was shared.
04:08 But this was partial declassification, Sir.
04:11 First of all, if we come under this allegation, as I told you what is the crime?
04:18 The crime is that any activity, which is an anti-state activity, of any cooperation with the enemy state,
04:24 any map has been given to someone, any map has been shown,
04:28 any sensitive thing which compromises your national security.
04:33 Here, Meher, you have to understand that this prosecution is not of Kalbhushan Yadav.
04:40 This is not the prosecution of any Abhinandan.
04:43 Former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, these are very important, responsible positions.
04:53 And all the members of the Cabinet are well-educated, well-exposed people.
04:59 This is the first time I am hearing about partial.
05:02 Nothing was partial. And even if it was partial, this is a matter of further inquiry.
05:09 On the basis of these evidences, you have to keep someone in jail and not let him come out.
05:18 This is a very sad and regretful thing. This is a case on the face of it.
05:22 If this crime is proven, if there is truth in it, then the punishment for this is two years.
05:27 For the punishment of two years of crime, you have jeopardized the mechanism of a former Prime Minister
05:32 and the entire mechanism of the Foreign Office, the cipher, and you are attracting attention for no reason.
