ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) has fixed January 21 for hearing the petition to close the X account of PTI founder Imran Khan.
The IHC has directed the National Cyber Crime Control Agency (NCCIA), PTA, PTI founder, and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to submit their responses.
Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir of the Islamabad High Court has issued a written order of the previous hearing on the petition of citizen Ghulam Murtaza, in which it has been requested to declare the posts from the X account of the PTI founder during his imprisonment as illegal and remove them.
The petition has taken the position that the posts made by a convicted prisoner from the official account during his imprisonment are illegal and malicious.
The NCCIA and PTA should be ordered to investigate to identify who is running this account during his imprisonment in jail.
The petition further stated that these criminal and illegal posts should be blocked, and orders should be given to remove them from social media platforms.
In his response to the court notice, the Superintendent of Adiala Jail denied that the X account of the founder of PTI was operated from the prison and took the position that the X account of the founder of PTI was not being operated from the prison but from outside the prison.
The Superintendent of Adiala Jail said that mobile and internet facilities are not available inside the prison of the founder of PTI.
He is only provided with facilities as per the prison rules or court orders.
Any prohibited item, including a mobile, is not allowed under the prison rules. The founder of PTI does not have any prohibited item including a mobile.
Mobile phone signal jammers are also installed inside Adiala Jail; mobile signals are blocked in the adjacent area inside and outside the prison.
The Superintendent of Adiala Jail further said in his response that Prison Rule 265 prevents the imprisoned founder of PTI from political discussions.
During the jail trial, the founder is met by his family and lawyers. Prison visitors engage in political discussions with the prisoner, violating the law.
The founder’s instructions from jail have incited violence in society on several occasions in the past.
