Presenting Imran Khan in ECP security risk, Interior Ministry tells poll body.

ISLAMABAD -- The Ministry of Interior and the Islamabad police have informed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that presenting the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan before the body would be a "security risk", sources said Monday.

The election commission had last week issued production orders for jailed Imran in cases of contempt of the commission, with a charge sheet set to be filed against him when produced on October 24 (tomorrow).

The police and relevant authorities were ordered to make necessary arrangements for producing the PTI chief.

The sources told media that the ministry and the capital police have informed the commission about their stance, with just a day left to produce the PTI chief - who is imprisoned in the Adiala Jail in the cipher case.

A four-member bench, headed by ECP Member Sindh Nisar Ahmad Durrani, released two separate but almost identical orders for Imran and Fawad Chaudhary, a former member of the PTI.

Both are set to be indicted on October 24. However, in the case of Fawad, the commission also issued bailable warrants of arrest and directed the relevant IGP to serve them.

At the hearing on October 11, Shoaib Shaheen, who had appeared before a four-member bench of the commission headed by Nisar Durrani, contended that the PTI chairman was in jail, making it impossible for him to attend the proceedings. He had urged for a production order for the PTI chief.

According to the ECP's order, it was a matter of record that...