Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice-Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday filed an appeal in Islamabad High Court challenging his conviction in the cipher case, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The trial court had awarded 10-year jail to the PTI leader in the case.
The former foreign minister through a counsel requested the high court to suspend his conviction by the trial court and release him on bail.
It is pertinent to mention here that the PTI founder Imran Khan and Qureshi awarded 10-year prison sentences in the cipher case for leaking official secret documents.
Reporter Ehtisham Kayani