In this file photo, lawyers arrive to cast their votes in the Rawalpindi Bar elections. NNI
RAWALPINDI:
Members of Insaf Bar Wing (ILF), Rawalpindi High Court Bar Association and District Bar Associations reached Adiala Central Jail on Saturday night and submitted a written request to the Superintendent of Adiala Jail for the medical report of PTI founder Imran Khan’s eye surgery.
On Saturday, lawyers staged a protest rally at Rawalpindi district courts against the 26th and 27th constitutional amendments, suspension of meetings with PTI founder Imran Khan and performing his eye surgery without informing his family.
The lawyers were led by ILF district general secretary Raja Mateen and Central Executive Committee member Noorul Islam Advocate. The delegation also included Hasnain Sumbal, Chaudhry Owais and Jamshed Mahmood Advocates. While talking to the media outside the jail, they said that they submitted a request to the jail authorities, asking the superintendent of Adiala jail to provide the medical report of the eye surgery of PTI founder president Imran Khan.
They further said that they would take this matter to the International Organization for Human Rights on February 2 and use all options in this regard, including constitutional, legal and judicial means. Protesting outside the prison, we condemn all illegal measures and will also vigorously resist.
The protest rally was led by Punjab Bar Council member Faisal Mahmood Malik along with advocates Rizwan Akhtar, Ghulam Farooq Awan, Tabish Sadozai and Aamir Malik.
Before the demonstration, lawyers gathered at the district Bar Association. Addressing the meeting, Faisal Malik, Rizwan Akhtar and Ghulam Farooq Awan described the ban on meeting Imran Khan as illegal and unconstitutional.
They further stated that taking him to the hospital and performing eye surgery without informing his family was also unconstitutional. Speakers announced that legal action would be taken against all doctors involved, for which the necessary permits were being sought.
Lawyers announced a total strike on February 8. Advocates, their secretaries and support staff will observe a complete lockdown, offices will remain closed and vehicles will not be removed. The leaders declared that protests would be held on the streets, in court premises and at major intersections as part of a broader fight for systemic change, adding that the legal fraternity would no longer remain silent.
They also demanded that Imran Khan be shifted from prison to hospital for medical treatment and the cases against him be fixed for hearing.
Prayers were offered for the recovery of Imran Khan during the meeting.
