According to Pakistan-based Dawn, former prime minister Imran Khan has questioned the elections’ transparency and added that the “preferential treatment” given to a single political party has made these polls the “mother of all selections.” The elections are scheduled for February 8. He urged members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to vigorously campaign for elections. During his usual press conference following the Adiala Jail hearing for the cypher case, Imran Khan said these things. But after Asad Warraich, the jail superintendent, asked Khan to refrain from speaking to media in the makeshift courtroom, their conversation came to an abrupt end.
In response, Khan said that it was his right to speak to reporters. However, Warraich reminded him that journalists were only allowed to cover the case proceedings, not highlight his political statements. At this, Imran Khan said he would only speak about his trial. The jail superintendent asked him to get permission from the judge if he wanted to speak to media persons.
Eventually, DIG Prisons Rana Rauf reached the courtroom and asked journalists to leave the premises as the proceedings had already been concluded. The prison staff escorted the media persons out of the court premises while Khan was protesting the ‘censorship,’ according to Dawn report.