Cipher coverage restrictions, transparency and facts
When the trial behind the bars takes place, who will accept it? These were the words of Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb from the Islamabad High Court during the hearing of petitions against the trial. Attorney General Mansoor Awan, during the hearing, also agreed, saying that the jail trial will be open, and the public will be allowed during the proceedings. However, due to the non-completion of the open trial and proceedings, after four months, the trial was declared null and void. After this, the trial started again in jail. It is not clear who attended the hearings during the trial. Media's four or five friends were given permission, but many court reporters who had been covering the trial from the first day were not given permission. International media journalists present at every hearing were humiliated at the main gate of Adiala Jail, but permission was not granted. Neither the High Court nor the Supreme Court looked into the matter. Why was permission not granted? Ther...