The court ordered PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife to speak out against state institutions.
Islamabad:
An accountability court in Islamabad has banned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, from issuing statements against state institutions and officials, The Express Tribune reported.
Justice Basir Javed Rana ordered the PTI founder and his wife to speak against state institutions in court during the hearing of a petition seeking a fair trial.
The court also ordered the media to avoid publishing such provocative political statements that target state institutions and their officials.
According to the order, the PTI chief made provocative political statements against senior officials of state institutions, including the army, judiciary and the army chief, according to The Express Tribune.
“Such statements disturb judicial decorum and also obstruct judicial functions such as administration of justice,” the order added.
In its order, the court also instructed the prosecution, the accused and their defense lawyers not to make political or inflammatory statements that could disturb the decorum of the court.
Khan, who was prime minister from 2018 to 2022, remains in prison on several cases, including a 14-year prison sentence for him and his wife for illegally selling state gifts.
Khan was first arrested after he was sentenced to a three-year prison term in August 2023 by the Election Commission for failing to declare assets obtained from the sale of gifts worth over 140 million Pakistani rupees (501,000 US dollars). ) held by the State and received during its mandate.
In January, Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to 14 years in prison following a separate investigation by the country’s main anti-corruption body into the same allegations involving state donations.
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