The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday sought a reply from the representatives of the federal and Punjab governments by August 11 on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan’s plea requesting a transfer from Attock district prison to Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.
During the hearing ton Wednesday, IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq remarked that the court will issue an order regarding the meeting with the former prime minister today.
The lawyer representing the incarcerated former premier, Sher Afzal Marwat, informed the court that he went to Attock jail as per the court order a day earlier but he was not allowed to meet his client.
Justice Farooq then inquired if the jail has any specified meeting times. To this, the lawyer replied that visitations are allowed till 6pm in the evening. The former prime minister’s lawyer further stated that his client is being kept in a small cell measuring 9×5. “There are mosquitoes, insects and rainwater also seeps into the cell,” he said, adding that “there is no reason to keep the former premier in Attock Jail. IHC’s chief justice then stated that an investigation does not equate to harassing individuals, adding that he will look into the matter on the administrator’s side.
“Be careful not to violate the law, the court said that you must give what is in the law,” the IHC chief justice directed.
