Islamabad: Incarcerated former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday appeared before the Supreme Court via a video link in a case about changes in the anti-corruption laws but did not get to speak as a petitioner in the matter.
However, a leaked image of the 71-year-old founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party’s image showing him attending the court hearing has prompted
the Supreme Court administration to initiate a probe to find out the source for the leak, The News International reported citing sources.
Khan appearing via the video link was possible after Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Tuesday while
hearing an appeal by the government against annulment of certain changes in the National Accountability
Bureau (NAB) laws by the previous government had ordered the authorities to present Khan virtually for his statement.
Khan had challenged the tweaks in the NAB laws and the top court in September last year had accepted his plea which reopened dozens of cases of
alleged corruption against some leading politicians, including Khan’s arch rival Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif.