{"id":18494,"date":"2023-08-07T23:03:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T18:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=18494"},"modified":"2023-08-07T23:03:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T18:03:05","slug":"chairman-pti-kept-in-bug-infested-cell-given-c-class-facilities-counsel-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/chairman-pti-kept-in-bug-infested-cell-given-c-class-facilities-counsel-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Chairman PTI kept in ‘bug-infested cell’, given C-class facilities: counsel claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan\u2019s counsel Naeem Haider Panjotha has claimed that his client has been provided C-class facilities and kept in “poor condition” in Attock jail.<\/p>\n

Panjotha, the PTI chief\u2019s counsel, said this on Monday after meeting his client in prison.<\/p>\n

Khan, the deposed prime minister, was arrested on August 5 after a district and sessions court in the federal capital convicted him for corrupt practices related to the state gift depository \u2014 allegations which he denies.<\/p>\n

“Charges of misdeclaration of assets have been proven against PTI chairman,” Judge Humayun Dilawar wrote in his judgment, handing Khan three years in jail, along with a fine of Rs100,000, while issuing an arrest warrant for his immediate arrest.<\/p>\n

After his arrest, Khan was moved to Attock jail.<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s media talks, Khan\u2019s lawyer said the former prime minister, who was removed from power via a parliamentary vote last year, was provided with a small room \u201cwhich has an open washroom\u201d.<\/p>\n

Elaborating on the poor conditions of the cell, the lawyer said the jail cell was infested with flies and bugs where the PTI chief is being kept.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe PTI chairman says he is ready to spend his whole life in jail,\u201d the lawyer added.<\/p>\n

Panjotha further said that Khan told him that police did not show him an arrest warrant at the time of arrest and tried to break the door of his wife Bushra Bibi’s room.<\/p>\n

The PTI chief has also said that he should be allowed to meet his wife in prison, the counsel added.<\/p>\n

Panjotha said the appeal against the trial court verdict will be filed tomorrow (Tuesday) and the PTI chief has signed the power of attorney.<\/p>\n

Earlier today, the PTI petitioned the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to transfer party chief Imran Khan from Attock Jail to Adiala Jail, adding that given his “education, habits and social and political status”, he ought to be provided better or A-class facilities in jail.<\/p>\n

“Since childhood, the petitioner is from an affluent family, and later due to his education, habits, and social and political status in the society, has got accustomed to a better mode of life… is a graduate of Oxford University, UK and the … captain of Pakistan national Cricket…,” the petition read.<\/p>\n

“Keeping in view the petitioner’s social and political status, his education, and his being accustomed to a better living style, the Petitioner was entitled to A-class facilities in terms of Rule 243 read with Rule 248 of Pakistan Prison Rules.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan\u2019s counsel Naeem Haider Panjotha has claimed that his client has been provided C-class facilities and kept in “poor condition” in Attock jail. Panjotha, the PTI chief\u2019s counsel, said this on Monday after meeting his client in prison. Khan, the deposed prime minister, was arrested on August 5 after a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":14959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2,147],"tags":[9941,9942,103,253,194],"class_list":["post-18494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","category-politics","tag-attock-jail","tag-naeem-haider-panjotha","tag-imran-khan","tag-pmln","tag-pti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}