The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday sought responses from the federal and Punjab governments to a plea filed by PTI Chairman Imran Khan seeking a transfer from Attock Jail to Adiala Jail.
On Aug 5, an Islamabad trial court had declared Imran guilty of “corrupt practices” in a case pertaining to concealing details of state gifts and sentenced him to three years in prison. Soon after the verdict, he was arrested by the Punjab police from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore.
The trial court had ordered the Islamabad police chief to arrest the PTI chairman but he was instead arrested by the Lahore police. Moreover, the court had ordered the Adiala jail superintendent to receive Imran but he was taken to the Attock jail.
The PTI chief was given B-Class facilities by the Punjab prisons department. However, his lawyers had claimed that he was being kept in “distressing conditions” and was provided “C-Class jail facilities”.
On Monday, Imran had moved the IHC seeking transfer from Attock jail to a better class in Adiala jail, Rawalpindi. The former prime minister also sought permission for regular visits by his legal team, family members, physician Faisal Sultan and political aides to the jail.
IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq presided over today’s hearing while Sher Afzal Marwat appeared as the PTI chairman’s counsel. The judge said he will issue an order today regarding granting Imran’s legal team permission to meet the ex-premier.
The hearing was adjourned till August 11 (Friday), with the court seeking responses sought from the federal and Punjab governments.
