ISLAMABAD: The Interior Ministry Wednesday informed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that producing the jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PIT) Chairman Imran Khan before the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is ‘risky’.
Both the Interior Ministry and the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police informed the ECP regarding the potential “risks” of presenting the PTI chief before the bench today (October 24). The representatives of the two entities explained to the court that it will be risky to bring PTI chairman on the occasion of the hearing in the contempt case.
On Thursday, the Commission issued production orders for the deposed prime minister — who was ousted from office after a parliamentary vote in April 2022. A four-member bench, headed by ECP Member Sindh, Nisar Ahmad Durrani had released two separate but almost identical orders for Imran Khan and Fawad Chaudhry, a former senior member of the PTI.
The PTI chief is currently incarcerated at Adyala jail and being tried under the Official Secrets Act. A special court is conducting the trial within the jail premises due to security threats.
Meanwhile, the ECP reserved its verdict on a fresh application filed by the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party, seeking allotment of ‘eagle’ as the electoral symbol. A three-member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja heard the case, as the petitioner’s lawyer requested the desired election symbol.
The chief election commissioner also asked about their symbol preferences other than ‘eagle’, however, the lawyer insisted that they might be allotted the same. Later, the Commission reserved its decision on the subject.
