Imran asks CJP Afridi to allow communication with children, pleads Bushra Bibi case
\n Islamabad
\nPTI leader Sardar Latif Khosa handed a letter from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi on Thursday and raised concerns over ongoing cases, prison conditions, and judicial practices, said Latif Khosa.
\nSpeaking to reporters after the meeting, Khosa said the CJP \u201clistened calmly\u201d as he detailed the lack of hearings in PTI-related cases and the \u201cbulldozing\u201d of trials. He described the PTI founder as being held in a 9-by-11-foot cell and said both the founder and his wife were facing hardships in jail.
\nKhosa said he informed the CJP about restrictions on private meetings with family members and shared input on prison reforms, noting that the PTI founder was asked to provide written suggestions.
\nThe chief justice, he added, pledged to create a uniform policy on prison conditions and affirmed his oath to uphold fundamental rights.
\nKhosa also criticised invasive searches of lawyers at courts and described \u201cturmoil\u201d in the high court. He said he reminded the chief justice that, as the \u201cfather of the judiciary,\u201d he must fulfil his responsibilities within constitutional limits.
\nEarlier in the day, Aleema Khan entered the Supreme Court (SC) carrying a letter from PTI\u2019s imprisoned founder. \u201cWe want to deliver the PTI founder\u2019s letter to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,\u201d said lawyer Latif Khosa. Police stopped her, stating that permission was required to proceed beyond that point\u2014permission Imran Khan\u2019s sisters did not have.
\nThe letter was a plea to the chief Justice, an appeal to \u201cuphold the oath of your office and show the people that the Supreme Court of Pakistan remains their final refuge of justice.\u201d
\nImran details the conditions in which he has now spent over 772 days, due to over 300 cases filed against him. His first grievance is the way he has been ostracised, mentioning how his sons can not visit him or speak to him on the phone.
\nHe voices his concerns regarding the imprisonment of his wife, Bushra Bibi, claiming that her only crime is that \u201cshe\u2019s my wife.\u201d Khan details the solitary circumstances of Bushra Bibi\u2019s imprisonment, how all verticals of communications have been stripped from her.
\nThe deteriorating nature of her health is brought forth, and the injustice that surrounds it. \u201cHer doctor is barred from examining her, let alone providing her any treatment. Pakistani law expressly grants women special concessions for bail, solely owing to their gender.\u201d
\nMultiple reports have contested the nature of Bushra Bibi\u2019s complaints. A report was released in April of this year detailing the jail conditions of Bushra Bibi\u2019s imprisonment. The report stated that Bushra Bibi receives regular health monitoring and has access to a dedicated kitchen space within the jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Imran asks CJP Afridi to allow communication with children, pleads Bushra Bibi case Islamabad PTI leader Sardar Latif Khosa handed a letter from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi on Thursday and raised concerns over ongoing cases, prison conditions, and judicial practices, said Latif Khosa. Speaking to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-503638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\n