The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder and the Adiala jail superintendent have agreed on standard operating procedures for the former’s meetings with his relatives and lawyers.
The SOPs outlined the schedule of visits for meetings the detained former prime minister. The PTI founder and the jail superintendent have signed the agreement.
The PTI leader designated three focal persons responsible for facilitating his meetings with lawyers and relatives. The focal persons are PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar, Sher Afzal Marwat, and Barrister Umair Niazi.
Each focal person is tasked with recommending two names for meetings with the PTI founder in jail. Meetings are scheduled to take place twice a week, with family visits scheduled for Tuesdays and meetings with lawyers or others on Thursdays.
Meetings mandated by court orders will occur with the consent of the PTI founder, as outlined in the SOPs.
The visitors with court orders, could meet the PTI founder, if he will consent to meet with them.
Furthermore, the time of meetings will be between 30 to 45 minutes with maximum number of visitors in each session limited to six.
Also, the “trend of individual petitions in the courts will be discouraged,” the agreement reads while seemingly referring to the PTI’s move to reach out to courts on the issue of holding meetings with the incarcerated party founder.
