Imran gets permission to talk with his sons.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday got permission to hold a telephone conversation with his sons, Qasim and Suleiman, by the court conducting the trial in the cypher case. The court instructed the superintendent of Rawalpindi's Adiala jail to facilitate the contact through WhatsApp. During the hearing today, special court Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain heard the petition seeking directives to jail officials to allow the PTI chief to contact his sons.

Imran's counsel, Sheraz Ahmed Ranjha, appeared in court. The judge then allowed the phone call to "family members" after observing that "the agonies of the family cannot [be] kept isolated". Furthermore, Imran's lawyer also requested the court's assistance in providing a bicycle for Imran's well-being. To this, the judge replied that he does not "want the cycle to be misused" and...