Imran Khan: Imran Khan desires a switch from his ‘tiny, soiled’ jail cell

ISLAMABAD: Jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan mentioned he’s been saved in a jail cell meant for terrorists and is in search of a court docket order to be moved to upgraded services after his conviction in a corruption case.

In a petition filed late on Monday to the Islamabad excessive court docket, Khan’s authorized crew complained about his “tiny, soiled” cell and mentioned he was being denied entry to his physician and members of his household and get together. He “is disadvantaged of the rights and services to which he’s in any other case entitled beneath the Pakistan Jail Guidelines,” the petition learn.
The previous cricket star additionally argued that he needs to be transferred to a jail close to the capital, Islamabad, that has “A-class” services. In higher services, authorities present inmates with items similar to entry to newspapers, air cooler, tv and permission to be served home-made meals, Khan’s authorized crew mentioned.

The circumstances in Khan’s cell shouldn’t be a shock and different former prime ministers have face such circumstances, in response to Amir Saeed Rawn, a former secretary basic of the Lahore Excessive Court docket Bar Affiliation.
“Typically our prisons aren’t in good circumstances,” Rawn mentioned. “They’re overcrowded” and “pathetic,” he added. However usually, politicians are saved in a separate cell for safety causes, Rawn mentioned.
The data minister for Punjab province, Aamir Mir, wasn’t obtainable for remark.
A decrease court docket on Saturday sentenced Khan to a few years in jail after declaring him responsible of hiding earnings from the sale of state presents whereas in energy. The punishment bars Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s political rival from contesting elections for 5 years. The 70-year-old Khan is difficult his conviction in a better court docket, in response to a separate movement filed Tuesday.
Pakistan is poised to start out its nationwide elections cycle with Sharif scheduled to dissolve the decrease home of the Parliament on August 9 as the federal government’s five-year time period involves an finish. The nation will appoint a caretaker authorities that may oversee the election course of.
Khan’s lawyer, Naeem Haider Panjhuta, instructed reporters that Khan’s morale appeared excessive after assembly him at his jail on Monday.
Khan is the defendant in additional than 170 authorized instances since being ousted from energy final 12 months in a parliamentary no-confidence vote. He has mentioned these authorized challenges are supposed to hold him from taking part within the nation’s politics.