(NATIONAL) PTI chief, Qureshi indicted in cipher case.

ISLAMABAD -- A special court constituted under the Official Secrets Act on Monday indicted PTI chairman Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case.

The hearing began in Adiala jail early on Monday with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's lawyers filing a new petition against a possible indictment.

However, the court indicted the PTI chairman and foreign minister. Both the politicians pleaded not guilty and refused to accept the charge sheet. Judge Abu Alhasnaat summoned witnesses at the next hearing on October 27.

The indictment had been scheduled for the previous hearing but could not be carried through since the two politicians had not signed copies of the challan.

Usman Gul, Umair Niazi, Khalid Raja and Yasir Yousuf appeared before the court to represent the PTI chairman in the case while Taimur Malik and Raja Qamar Inayat represented Shah Mehmood Qureshi in case.

The first information report (FIR) was...