Mohsin Naqvi says PTI founder to be shifted to newly built Islamabad jail in two months
Imran Khan, founder of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf. Photo: Reuters/file
ISLAMABAD:
The PML-N spearheaded the federal government’s plans to shift former Prime Minister Imran Khan from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi to Islamabad Jail, which is expected to be completed in two months. Currently there is no penitentiary center in the Federal Capital.
Addressing the Islamabad Police passing out ceremony on Friday, Federal Home Minister Mohsin Naqvi stated that once the Islamabad Jail is completed, Imran Khan will be shifted there.
“Islamabad jail will be completed in two months. All medical facilities are available inside the jail. Since Imran Khan was sentenced by an Islamabad court, he will be shifted to Islamabad jail,” he said. The PTI founder has been detained in Adiala jail since September 2023.
The federal government on Thursday assured the Supreme Court that Imran Khan would have access to specialist ophthalmologists for further medical assessment and allowed telephone contact with his sons, Kasim and Sulaiman, amid growing concerns about his deteriorating eyesight in custody.
Advocate Salman Safdar met Imran in Adiala jail on Tuesday as amicus curiae of the Supreme Court. A day later, he submitted a seven-page report detailing the former prime minister’s living conditions in prison.
In the report, it quoted Imran as saying that “despite the treatment administered (including an injection), he was left with only 15% vision in his right eye.”
The report sparked widespread concern over the health of the former prime minister who, PTI claimed, was subjected to solitary confinement in violation of national and international laws.
The Minister of the Interior said it was a very important day for the federal police.
“Earlier we did not have a dedicated force to combat terrorism. We started this initiative three months ago. Although the duration of the course was six months, it was completed in three months through day and night efforts. The credit goes to the officers who trained them,” he said.
