{"id":45239,"date":"2024-01-08T07:14:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T07:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/imran-didnt-write-any-article-claims-official-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-08T07:14:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T07:14:15","slug":"imran-didnt-write-any-article-claims-official-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/imran-didnt-write-any-article-claims-official-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran didn\u2019t write any article, claims official | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nRAWALPINDI:
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Jail authorities have claimed that the article of PTI founding chairman and deposed premier Imran Khan published in a British weekly newspaper was not his own writing.<\/p>\n

IG Prisons Mian Farooq Nazir said Imran\u2019s \u201croom-like barrack\u201d at Adiala Jail had been declared a high security zone and was monitored round the clock with cameras, staff and other secret devices.<\/p>\n

He further maintained that anyone who came to meet the PTI founding chairman was searched according to the jail rules.<\/p>\n

The official added that the security personnel posted at the barrack were also searched at the beginning and end of their duty.<\/p>\n

According to the IG prisons, Imran was only allowed to read books.<\/p>\n

He continued that even those books were given to him after thoroughly examining them.<\/p>\n

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The official said the deposed premier was not provided with paper and pen facilities in his jail cell.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no such means that Imran Khan can write something in jail and it can leave the prison,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n

The IG prisons vehemently denied that the article published in the British weekly newspaper was written by Imran himself.<\/p>\n

In an opinion piece carried by the British publication allegedly written by Imran at Adiala Jail, the deposed premier allegedly expressed fears that the election scheduled for February 8 might not take place at all.<\/p>\n

He purportedly added that even if the polls were held, they would be a \u201cdisaster and a farce\u201d as the PTI was being \u201cdenied\u201d its basic right to campaign.<\/p>\n

A day earlier, caretaker Federal Information Minister Murtaza Solangi announced that the government would write to the British publication that carried the article allegedly written by Imran.<\/p>\n

In a social media post, the minister added that it was \u201cpuzzling and disconcerting\u201d that a media outlet published an article in the name of an individual who was in jail and had been convicted.<\/p>\n

Solangi maintained if \u201cjailed convicts\u201d were free to publish articles, they would only \u201cair their one-sided grievances\u201d.<\/p>\n

He stressed the need to uphold ethical standards and promote responsible journalism.<\/p>\n

(With input from our News Desk in Karachi)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n