Islamabad:
A Pakistan courtroom has barred any additional solitary confinement for the jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his spouse, Bushra Bibi. The Islamabad Excessive Courtroom (IHC) additionally directed the Adiala Jail authorities to facilitate a gathering between Khan and his spouse per the jail legal guidelines.Â
The 73-year-old cricketer-turned-politician and his spouse are at the moment detained at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, serving prolonged jail sentences in corruption and associated instances.
The decision got here after Khan’s sister, Aleema Khan, had approached the courtroom in opposition to the alleged solitary confinement of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) occasion founder, whereas Bushra Bibi’s daughter Mubashara Khawar Maneka filed a petition regarding her.Â
Announcing the decision, IHC Justice Khadim Hussain Soomro additionally directed that Khan’s relations be allowed to satisfy him as permitted below jail guidelines and ordered authorities to make preparations for phone conversations between him and his sons.
The IHC additionally directed the Adiala jail authorities to offer Khan with newspapers and books every day and be certain that he receives medical amenities in accordance with jail guidelines.Â
The Adiala jail superintendent was requested to make sure implementation of the courtroom’s instructions and submit a compliance report inside 15 days.
Imran Khan’s Time In Jail
Khan has remained in jail since August 2023 following convictions that he and his PTI occasion have described as politically motivated. His supporters and relations have repeatedly alleged that authorities have restricted his entry to relations and sufficient medical care. The federal government has rejected such allegations.
Bibi was first jailed on January 31, 2024, after her conviction in a corruption-related case, and was launched on bail on October 24 that 12 months after almost 9 months in jail.
She was re-arrested on January 17, 2025, following her conviction in one other corruption-related case and stays detained at Adiala Jail, having since acquired extra sentences in corruption-related instances.
Final month, Pakistan’s Supreme Courtroom ordered the federal government to shift Khan to the private-run Shifa Worldwide Hospital following months of issues raised by his household and supporters over his well being, notably an eye fixed situation recognized earlier this 12 months.
Nonetheless, on the evening of August 20-21, Khan was admitted to the state-run Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) for a medical process and diagnostic examinations as an alternative of Shifa Hospital. He was subsequently taken again to Adiala Jail.
His household approached the courtroom once more and argued that the choice violated the Supreme Courtroom’s order, which directed that Khan stay admitted on the Islamabad hospital till the following listening to on September 16.Â
The federal government defended its resolution to take him to PIMS, citing safety issues.
The contempt petition has been fastened for listening to on September 16 earlier than a three-member bench comprising Justices Shahid Waheed, Naeem Akhtar Afghan, and Ishtiaq Ibrahim. The identical bench can be scheduled to listen to pending instances regarding Khan’s well being and household conferences.
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