Rawalpindi: GRY News reported that a Rawalpindi court has denied Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former prime minister Imran Khan’s request for a weekly WhatsApp call with his sons.
Imran Khan had asked for permission to speak with his sons via WhatsApp once a week.
However, the jail administration stated that no legal provision allows prisoners to communicate with their relatives via WhatsApp.
Previously, the court allowed Khan to speak with his children twice a month. His sons currently live in the UK with their mother, Jemima Khan.
Earlier, Khan applied to the Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) after being denied a phone conversation with his sons from Adiala Jail.
In his petition, Khan argued that he was denied the opportunity to speak with his sons despite being allowed to do so by law.
Judge Malik Aijaz Asif of the ATC sought a response from the jail administration.
Khan has been in jail since last August, convicted in several cases ahead of a national election in February.
Recently, courts suspended Khan’s jail sentences in two cases involving the illegal acquisition and sale of state gifts and overturned his conviction on charges of leaking state secrets.
However, he remains in prison due to a conviction in another case where a trial court ruled his 2018 marriage was unlawful. Khan also faces a trial under anti-terrorism charges related to violence in May last year.
