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Former prime minister Imran Khan\u2019s lawyer, Naeem Haider Panjutha, claimed on Tuesday that the PTI chief was moved to a lower class cell at the Adiala Jail last night and feared the ex-premier\u2019s life was in danger.<\/p>\n
Imran was shifted to Attock jail on August 5, 2023, after a court sentenced<\/a> him to three years in prison in the Toshakhana case for concealing details of gifts he received as the prime minister of Pakistan.<\/p>\n After his sentence in the Toshakhana case was suspended<\/a> by the Islamabad High Court, the government detained<\/a> the ex-premier in the cipher case. He has since remained behind bars on judicial remand.<\/p>\n On September 26, Imran was shifted<\/a> to Central Jail Adiala from District Jail Attock following IHC orders passed on a plea filed by the PTI.<\/p>\n Last night, the police ramped up security<\/a> in the vicinity of the Adiala jail by deploying elite commandos and setting up additional security pickets to ensure foolproof measures. The decision was taken in light of recommendations by the Special Branch and relevant departments following a survey of Adiala Jail.<\/p>\n Talking to reporters in Islamabad today, Panjutha, spokesman to Imran on legal affairs, said Imran\u2019s wife Bushra Bibi met the former prime minister in Adiala Jail today.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is danger to Imran Khan\u2019s life,\u201d he claimed. \u201cImran can be slow food poisoned \u2026 he is being mentally tortured and his movement has been restricted.\u201d<\/p>\n Panjutha alleged that he had received reports last night that the PTI chief was moved to a lower class cell. \u201cSecurity personnel has been stationed outside the cell and mobile phones have been taken for them,\u201d he said, claiming that these were new ways of \u201cbreaking\u201d Imran.<\/p>\n The PTI lawyer added that a petition pertaining to Imran\u2019s conditions in jail was filed in the IHC and the application was fixed for hearing on October 5.<\/p>\n \u201cThere were objection [by the court] earlier that the matter has already but decided but no directions have been passed on Imran Khan\u2019s health, which is a basic fundamental right enshrined in the Constitution,\u201d Panjutha added.<\/p>\n A day earlier, Bushra Bibi had filed a petition in the IHC seeking protection of her husband. She ex\u00adpress\u00ad\u00aded the apprehension that the jail administration might poison the meal of her husband and sought permission for homemade food for the detained PTI chief.<\/p>\n However, the registrar\u2019s office had raised objections to the plea, which were heard by IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq today.<\/p>\n During the hearing, Bushra Bibi\u2019s lawyer Latif Khosa appeared in court and contended that the PTI chairman\u2019s life was in danger. He recalled that Imran had also survived an assassination attempt.<\/p>\n This application has been filed for the security and protection of his rights in jail, Khosa said.<\/p>\n Subsequently, the IHC removed the objections to the plea and fixed the petition for hearing on Oct 5.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former prime minister Imran Khan\u2019s lawyer, Naeem Haider Panjutha, claimed on Tuesday that the PTI chief was moved to a lower class cell at the Adiala Jail last night and feared the ex-premier\u2019s life was in danger. 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