Administration of both jails on Monday denied reports of PTI chairman Imran Khan’s shifting to Adiala jail from Attock prison after his lawyers made such claims.
Hours after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed the authorities concerned to move Khan to Adiala prison from the Attock jail, where he had been incarcerated for over a month, the members of his legal team said that the orders had been complied with.
Naeem Panjhota, who is the spokesperson of Khan on legal affairs, claimed that Khan has been shifted to the prison in Adiala.
However, the Adiala jail administration refuted the claim, saying that Khan has not yet been shifted there.
Later, taking to X — formerly known as Twitter — Panjhuta said that he had been informed that Imran Khan had been shifted to Adiala jail but “it is beyond understanding that Attock jail [authorities] are also saying that they have PTI chairman.”
Sharing the details of the facilities given to the ousted PM, Khan’s lawyer Sher Afzal Marwat said that an attached bathroom and all other amenities a former prime minister is entitled to have been provided.
He said that Khan was shifted to the prison at 4 p.m.
Earlier today, the high court while hearing a case concerning the prison amenities granted to the PTI chief, directed authorities to shift the deposed prime minister to Adiala jail.
IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq remarked that Khan is an under-trial prisoner in the cipher case, which was registered in Islamabad.
Ordering to shift the PTI chairman, the IHC chief justice objected to keeping “an under-trial prisoner” in Attock jail instead of Adiala jail.
He said Khan had been imprisoned at the Attock jail as per the sentence awarded in the Toshakhana case, which was suspended.
“If tomorrow, you transfer [him] to Rahim Yar Khan, would the trial be held there?” he questioned, seeking a response regarding the matter from Additional Attorney General Munawar Iqbal Dogar.
During the hearing, Khan’s lawyer Advocate Sher Afzal Marwat requested that his client be given the facility of an exercise machine.
Justice Farooq said it was mentioned that now the A and C classes have been abolished in the jail.
“Now there are general and better classes in the jail, and Imran Khan is entitled to the better class,” said Barrister Salman Safdar, lawyer of the deposed prime minister.
“It is confirmed that the PTI chairman is entitled to the better class, as he is the former prime minister and an educated person,” the chief justice observed.
Justice Farooq maintained that Khan should receive the facilities he is entitled to and that his rights should not be violated.
