PTI founder allowed to meet family and lawyers on Tuesday and Thursday
\n RAWALPINDI
\nPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan Saturday appointed three focal persons after inking an agreement with Adiala jail authorities on the SOPs for holding meetings in the facility.
\nAs per the document, which bears the signature of the ex-prime minister as well as the superintendent of Adiala Jail, Khan has appointed PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan, Sher Afzal Marwat and Barrister Umair Niazi as his focal persons.
\nAccording to the agreed-upon SOPs, each focal person will provide two names for holding a meeting with the incarcerated party founder each week, who will be allowed to meet family members and his lawyers on Tuesday and Thursday.
\nThe development comes after both sides reached a consensus on holding meetings inside the jail facility in light of the relevant court order.
\nFurthermore, the time of meetings will be between 30 to 45 minutes with maximum number of visitors in each session limited to six.
\nAlso, the \u201ctrend of individual petitions in the courts will be discouraged,\u201d the agreement reads while seemingly referring to the PTI\u2019s move to reach out to courts on the issue of holding meetings with the incarcerated party founder.
\nEarlier this month, the Punjab government barred the prisoners \u2014 including the PTI founder who\u2019s been imprisoned at the said facility since September 26, 2023, and is serving an accumulative sentence of 31 years in various cases \u2014 from holding meetings inside the jail owing to security concerns.
\nDespite resulting in strong criticism from the party, the moves, as per Punjab\u2019s Information Minister Azma Bukhari, were not aimed at hindering Khan\u2019s meetings but in fact was simply due to \u201ca serious threat alert\u201d.
\nThe restriction came after the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested three terrorists and recovered a map of Adiala Jail, a hand grenade and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from their possession.
\nAccording to Rawalpindi City Police Officer (CPO) Khalid Hamdani, police recovered automatic weapons and ammunition from the terrorists.
\nThe CPO said the terrorists hailed from Afghanistan, adding that further investigation from them was underway.
\nEarlier on November 7, 2023, police found a suspicious bag laden with an explosive device near Adiala Road in Gorakhpur, Rawalpindi, just one kilometre away from the Adiala jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PTI founder allowed to meet family and lawyers on Tuesday and Thursday RAWALPINDI Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan Saturday appointed three focal persons after inking an agreement with Adiala jail authorities on the SOPs for holding meetings in the facility. As per the document, which bears the signature of the ex-prime minister as well […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-397374","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n