ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Police have initiated an investigation into a viral photo of PTI founder and former prime minister Imran Khan circulating on social media, sources said.

The photo, depicting Imran Khan in Adiala Jail, was widely shared on various social media platforms. Imran Khan appeared before the Supreme Court via video link for the NAB Ordinance 1999 amendment case.

Sources indicate that the investigation aims to identify the individual who took the photo, believed to have been captured by someone seated on the left side of the courtroom. The police have begun questioning individuals who were present in the courtroom at the time the photo was taken.

As part of the investigation, security measures in the courtroom have been increased, with police conducting thorough searches of everyone entering the courtroom, sources added.

It is worth noting that a five-member Supreme Court bench, led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa and including Justice Aminuddin Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Athar Minallah, and Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi, is hearing the National Accountability (NAB) Ordinance 1999 amendment case.

The case proceedings are not being live-streamed on the Supreme Court’s YouTube channel.

During the previous hearing on Tuesday, the Supreme Court allowed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder to use a video link in the NAB amendment case.

Justice Athar Minallah remarked that if Imran Khan wished to appear in person, he should be brought to the court, asserting that as a party to the case, he had the right to appear before the court.

In a 2-1 majority verdict, the Supreme Court approved Imran Khan’s petition challenging the amendments to the country’s accountability laws made during the previous Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)-led government.

The court also reinstated graft cases against public office holders that had been closed following the amendments to the National Accountability Bureau laws.