RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and the nation’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been prohibited for two weeks from holding conferences inside Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, the place is presently serving sentence, Geo Information reported on Tuesday.
The Pakistan information outlet cited a notification issued by Punjab’s Residence Division, which citing a safety alert, restricted all types of visits, conferences, and interviews inside Adiala Jail.
Directions have been issued for the set up of barbed wires across the premises whereas mandating a swift safety audit involving officers from the particular department of the police, the Intelligence Bureau, and jail employees.
In accordance with Geo Information, stringent measures embrace necessary physique searches for all people coming into the jail premises, together with a complete clearance operation inside and across the facility. Moreover, safety clearance for presidency contractors working inside the jail is now necessary.
Expressing considerations over the ban on Imran Khan’s conferences at Adiala jail, PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan voiced apprehensions relating to the previous prime minister’s security.
Addressing a press convention exterior the jail, Gohar mentioned that they have been barred from assembly the incarcerated PTI founder. He mentioned that the authorities didn’t inform anyone in regards to the two-week ban on Khan’s assembly, as per Geo Information.
The authorities gave “terrorism” as a motive for the transfer, he added.
Gohar demanded rapid conferences and consultations with the incarcerated PTI founder. He additionally sought particulars about Khan’s well being.
The event unfolds in opposition to the backdrop of Imran Khan’s incarceration, which started in September 2023 when he was transferred from Attock jail. Khan is presently serving an accumulative sentence of 31 years throughout numerous instances, together with a 10-year sentence for the cypher case and a subsequent 14-year time period within the Toshakhana reference case.
Furthermore, Khan and his spouse, Bushra Bibi, face an extra seven-year sentence within the “un-Islamic nikah” case. The authorized proceedings have prolonged to the £190 million case, with indictments issued through the Adiala jail trial.
PTI and associates have persistently advocated for Khan’s launch from what they time period as “fabricated” instances, citing considerations for his security inside the jail setting.
Final week, the Counter Terrorism Division (CTD) claimed to have arrested three terrorists and recovered a map of Adiala Jail, a hand grenade and Improvised Explosive Gadgets (IEDs) from their possession.
Rawalpindi Metropolis Police Officer (CPO) Khalid Hamdsaid police recovered automated weapons and ammunition from the terrorists who hailed from Afghanistan.
Earlier than that, in November, police had discovered a suspicious bag laden with an explosive gadget close to Adiala Highway in Gorakhpur, Rawalpindi, only one kilometre away from the power.
The Pakistan information outlet cited a notification issued by Punjab’s Residence Division, which citing a safety alert, restricted all types of visits, conferences, and interviews inside Adiala Jail.
Directions have been issued for the set up of barbed wires across the premises whereas mandating a swift safety audit involving officers from the particular department of the police, the Intelligence Bureau, and jail employees.
In accordance with Geo Information, stringent measures embrace necessary physique searches for all people coming into the jail premises, together with a complete clearance operation inside and across the facility. Moreover, safety clearance for presidency contractors working inside the jail is now necessary.
Expressing considerations over the ban on Imran Khan’s conferences at Adiala jail, PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan voiced apprehensions relating to the previous prime minister’s security.
Addressing a press convention exterior the jail, Gohar mentioned that they have been barred from assembly the incarcerated PTI founder. He mentioned that the authorities didn’t inform anyone in regards to the two-week ban on Khan’s assembly, as per Geo Information.
The authorities gave “terrorism” as a motive for the transfer, he added.
Gohar demanded rapid conferences and consultations with the incarcerated PTI founder. He additionally sought particulars about Khan’s well being.
The event unfolds in opposition to the backdrop of Imran Khan’s incarceration, which started in September 2023 when he was transferred from Attock jail. Khan is presently serving an accumulative sentence of 31 years throughout numerous instances, together with a 10-year sentence for the cypher case and a subsequent 14-year time period within the Toshakhana reference case.
Furthermore, Khan and his spouse, Bushra Bibi, face an extra seven-year sentence within the “un-Islamic nikah” case. The authorized proceedings have prolonged to the £190 million case, with indictments issued through the Adiala jail trial.
PTI and associates have persistently advocated for Khan’s launch from what they time period as “fabricated” instances, citing considerations for his security inside the jail setting.
Final week, the Counter Terrorism Division (CTD) claimed to have arrested three terrorists and recovered a map of Adiala Jail, a hand grenade and Improvised Explosive Gadgets (IEDs) from their possession.
Rawalpindi Metropolis Police Officer (CPO) Khalid Hamdsaid police recovered automated weapons and ammunition from the terrorists who hailed from Afghanistan.
Earlier than that, in November, police had discovered a suspicious bag laden with an explosive gadget close to Adiala Highway in Gorakhpur, Rawalpindi, only one kilometre away from the power.
