DLP Report
\nISLAMABAD
\nKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister Shafi Jan on Tuesday condemned the stoppage of Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi and cabinet members in Islamabad, calling it a \u201cblatant violation of democratic norms, the Constitution, and the public mandate.\u201d
\nIn a statement issued here, Jan said the KP delegation was heading peacefully to Adiala Jail on a day designated for family and legal meetings with PTI founding chairman Imran Khan when Punjab authorities stopped the convoy.
\nHe said the same administration also barred Khan\u2019s family and lawyers from meeting him, despite court orders.
\n\u201cThe restriction on the movement of an elected chief minister and public representatives amounts to curbing democratic freedoms,\u201d the minister said, questioning what message the federal government intended to send by obstructing the provincial leadership.
\nHe accused both the federal and Punjab governments of adopting \u201cauthoritarian\u201d methods and of depriving Imran Khan of constitutional, legal, and human rights. Jan alleged that Khan had been held in illegal solitary confinement for more than 200 days and denied basic medical facilities, despite repeated requests from his family and party for hospital treatment.
\nThe minister demanded immediate access for Khan\u2019s family and personal physicians, his transfer to a hospital, and full medical care under his doctors\u2019 supervision.
\nJan also criticized the current federal setup, referring to it as rulers \u201cimposed through Form 47\u201d who neither respect the public mandate nor court orders. He said the restrictions showed the government\u2019s fear of Khan\u2019s public standing and predicted that \u201cfake rule cannot survive against the power of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DLP Report ISLAMABAD Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister Shafi Jan on Tuesday condemned the stoppage of Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi and cabinet members in Islamabad, calling it a \u201cblatant violation of democratic norms, the Constitution, and the public mandate.\u201d In a statement issued here, Jan said the KP delegation was heading peacefully to Adiala Jail on […]<\/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-547390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\n