Jailer informs Islamabad court Imran Khan can’t be produced in illegal Nikah case,
Islamabad_IHC Chief Justice Aamir Farooq remarked that it is clear the former prime minister deserves a better class in jail. His rights should not be violated.
The high court was hearing the case of shifting Imran Khan from Attock Jail to Adiala Jail.
The chief justice commented that according to the law, an under-trial prisoner of Islamabad should be held in Adiala Jail. He asked why an under-trial prisoner was kept in Attock Jail and not Adiala.
The chief justice added that Imran Khan was kept in Attock Jail in the Toshakhana criminal case in which his sentence has been suspended.
The court sought a response from the additional attorney general in this regard.
Additional Attorney General Munawar Iqbal told the court that when the PTI chief was arrested in the cipher case the order stated Attock Jail.
He added that Imran Khan should be provided with everything that he has a right to as per jail rules. His rights should not be violated, the CJ remarked.
Imran Khan’s lawyer Sher Afzal Marwat demanded that the former prime minister is a sportsman and should be provided with an exercise machine.
Earlier, the Attock Jail superintendent refused to send PTI Chairman Imran Khan to Islamabad owing to security concerns, as per sources.
The Islamabad police vehicles stationed outside Attock Jail to transport Imran Khan to the court also returned, as well as the armoured personnel carrier and police contingent.
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The Attock Jail authorities have informed a Civil Court in Islamabad that they could not produce former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan in his illegal Nikah case,
During the previous hearing of the case on September 21, Civil Judge Qudrat Ullah issued a summons for the PTI chairman, directing the jail authorities to present him in court on September 25.
However, the superintendent of Attock Jail wrote a letter to the judge informing him that he could not bring the former premier Imran Khan out of the prison, citing security threats.
The superintendent wrote that Imran Khan was incarcerated in Attock Jail in the cipher case which was registered under the Official Secrets Act and Special Court Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain was holding his trial in the jail.
“We will take security risk if we move Imran out of jail. Any mishap may happen in the ensuing journey from Attock to Islamabad,” the superintendent wrote, pleading further with the court to exempt the PTI chairman from court appearance.
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