Democracy in Pakistan is both illusive and elusive. Pakistan's institutional imbalance is due to civil and military bureaucracies, non-democratic parties, and weak political institutions like the version of "Game of Thrones."
During the hearing, Salman Akram Raja said that the prosecution had levelled a single allegation and did not give any explanation to back their demand.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the former prime minister of Pakistan, has declared he will not run in the elections that are slated to take place in February next year, ARY News reported.
In his petition, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan stated that ECP did not have jurisdiction to start contempt proceedings. He called the secret trial in prison a violation of Article 4 of the Constitution.
In a seven-page letter, Imran Khan requested the Supreme Court to protect his party's "right to liberty, to associate, assemble and speak", as per the Constitution.
Adiala jail authorities, citing "security risks" did not present Imran Khan before the special court at Islamabad's Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) on Tuesday.
Since November 15, officials from the anti-graft watchdog have been visiting Adiala Jail to carry out an investigation into the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman's role in the case.
A special court on Thursday ordered to present former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi before it in the cypher case on November 28.
An accountability court in Lahore on Saturday acquitted Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and others in the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme case.