Jailed ex-PM Imran Khan appears before Pakistan top court by videolink
Al Jazeera
The court appearance of the 71-year-old leader was not livestreamed on the court’s website or aired on news channels.
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has made a virtual appearance before the Supreme Court through a videolink from prison in connection with a case regarding amendments to the country’s anticorruption law.
Thursday’s hearing was the first time Khan, imprisoned since August 2023 in several cases, made an appearance before the top court.
However, the court appearance of the 71-year-old leader was not livestreamed on the top court’s website or aired on the country’s news channels.
Al Jazeera reached out to Information Minister Attaullah Tarar for his comments on why the hearing was not broadcast on news channels or the Supreme Court website, but did not receive any response.
Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party (PTI) accused Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa of collusion with the government for not allowing the hearing from being broadcast to the people.
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