RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and the nation’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been prohibited for 2 weeks from holding conferences inside Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, the place is at the moment serving sentence, Geo Information reported on Tuesday.The Pakistan information outlet cited a notification issued by Punjab’s Dwelling Division, which citing a safety alert, restricted all types of visits, conferences, and interviews inside Adiala Jail.Directions have been issued for the set up of barbed wires across the premises whereas mandating a swift safety audit involving officers from the particular department of the police, the Intelligence Bureau, and jail employees.Based on Geo Information, stringent measures embody obligatory physique searches for all people coming into the jail premises, together with a complete clearance operation inside and across the facility. Moreover, safety clearance for presidency contractors working throughout the jail is now obligatory.Expressing considerations over the ban on Imran Khan’s conferences at Adiala jail, PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan voiced apprehensions concerning the previous prime minister’s security.Addressing a press convention exterior the jail, Gohar stated that they have been barred from assembly the incarcerated PTI founder. He stated that the authorities didn’t inform anyone concerning the two-week ban on Khan’s assembly, as per Geo Information.The authorities gave “terrorism” as a motive for the transfer, he added.Gohar demanded instant conferences and consultations with the incarcerated PTI founder. He additionally sought particulars about Khan’s well being.The event unfolds in opposition to the backdrop of Imran Khan’s incarceration, which started in September 2023 when he was transferred from Attock jail. Khan is at the moment serving an accumulative sentence of 31 years throughout numerous instances, together with a 10-year sentence for the cypher case and a subsequent 14-year time period within the Toshakhana reference case.Furthermore, Khan and his spouse, Bushra Bibi, face a further seven-year sentence within the “un-Islamic nikah” case. The authorized proceedings have prolonged to the £190 million case, with indictments issued in the course of the Adiala jail trial.PTI and associates have constantly advocated for Khan’s launch from what they time period as “fabricated” instances, citing considerations for his security throughout the jail setting.Final week, the Counter Terrorism Division (CTD) claimed to have arrested three terrorists and recovered a map of Adiala Jail, a hand grenade and Improvised Explosive Gadgets (IEDs) from their possession.Rawalpindi Metropolis Police Officer (CPO) Khalid Hamdsaid police recovered computerized weapons and ammunition from the terrorists who hailed from Afghanistan.Earlier than that, in November, police had discovered a suspicious bag laden with an explosive system close to Adiala Highway in Gorakhpur, Rawalpindi, only one kilometre away from the power.
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