Setting apart the jail guide, the Attock jail administration has allowed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan to have breakfast at 11:30am, well-placed sources stated.
The sources aware about the matter claimed that the jail authorities have enhanced amenities for the deposed premier, who is spending his three years jail time period in jail in the Toshakhana case.
On August 5, the previous prime minister was arrested from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore after being convicted in the Toshakhana case with accusations of misusing his 2018 to 2022 premiership to purchase and promote items in state possession that have been acquired throughout visits overseas and price greater than Rs140 million ($635,000).
“The PTI chairman is allowed to take early morning walks in the jail’s premises,” stated the sources, including that he was being supplied fruits every day.
“Barrack number 3 has been allotted to Khan,” added the sources. Earlier, he was stored in barrack 2/1 in the jail.
Although, the ousted premier — who was faraway from energy through a parliamentary vote in April final 12 months — was supplied with a shaving package, nevertheless, he has not used it to date, the sources added.
‘Bug-infested cell’
On August 7, Khan’s counsel Naeem Haider Panjotha claimed that his shopper was supplied C-class amenities and stored in “poor condition” in Attock jail.
Panjotha, the PTI chief’s counsel, stated this after assembly his shopper in jail.
Khan’s lawyer stated the previous prime minister, who was faraway from energy through a parliamentary vote final 12 months, was supplied with a small room “which has an open washroom”.
Elaborating on the poor circumstances of the cell, the lawyer stated the jail cell was infested with flies and bugs the place the PTI chief is being stored.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on August 9 ordered the jail authorities to offer Khan amenities as per the regulation.
‘Khan can be poisoned’
Last week, Bushra Bibi, the spouse of the PTI chairman voiced issues about her incarcerated husband’s safety and security, saying he “can be poisoned” in Attock jail.
In a letter written to the Punjab house secretary, the previous first woman stated, “My husband has been imprisoned in Attock jail without any justification. According to the law, my husband should be transferred to Adiala jail.”
She demanded that the PTI chief be supplied B-class amenities in the jail in view of his social and political standing as he is an “Oxford graduate and former captain of the national cricket team”.
Bushra went on to say that such amenities will not be accessible in Attock jail which her husband is entitled to. She stated being a former PM of the nation, her husband ought to be allowed to eat home-cooked meals on the jail.
Historic jail
Attock jail is a historic jail the place Khan’s political adversaries, together with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Zardari, and incumbent prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, had additionally been imprisoned in the previous.
Attock, a northern city in Punjab, is situated on the confluence of the Indus and Kabul Rivers. It was previously known as Campbellpur in honour of Field Marshal Colin Campbell, the commander-in-chief of British forces in the 19th century.
Throughout historical past, it has served as a layover city for famend figures akin to Alexander the Great and Ibn-e-Battuta, the legendary explorer who journeyed a powerful 117,000 km, essentially the most intensive pre-modern exploration.
While Khan is imprisoned on the Attock jail, Nawaz, Zardari, and Shehbaz have been made to languish in the close by Attock Fort. The PML-N supremo was sentenced to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment on the Attock Fort compound on July 21, 2000.
