ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court docket of Pakistan on Tuesday allowed PTI counsel Salman Safdar to fulfill incarcerated get together chief Imran Khan at Adiala jail, declaring him amicus curiae.
The event comes a day after a request for an pressing assembly — submitted by senior PTI chief Latif Khosa — was rejected by a two-member bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi and Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan. SC issued a discover to the federal government for Tuesday (at present) within the matter.
The 2-member bench resumed the listening to at present, throughout which CJP Afridi appointed Safdar as “pal of the court docket”, with the court docket directing him to go to Adiala Jail at present and submit a written report concerning Imran’s residing circumstances by tomorrow.
PTI counsel Latif Khosa and the Lawyer Basic for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan additionally appeared earlier than the court docket at present.
On the outset of the listening to, CJP Afridi barred Khosa from talking. Whereas AGP Awan mentioned that he had “submitted a written response to the chamber in gentle of the order of August 24, 2023.”
In 2023, SC had directed the lawyer normal of Pakistan to submit a report on Imran’s “residing circumstances in jail”.
He knowledgeable the court docket that the PTI founder was in Attock jail on the time of the order.
“We had submitted a written report back to the chamber on August 28, 2023,” the AGP mentioned, including {that a} medical report from August 5 to August 18 was additionally included.
In response to this, CJP Afridi mentioned, “After the August 24, 2023 order, there has not been any order on report which was passable to the SC”.
Subsequently, the court docket appointed Safdar as amicus curiae.
The court docket deemed it acceptable {that a} report on the residing circumstances of the PTI founder needs to be offered.
“Salman Safdar ought to go to Adiala as a pal of the court docket,” CJP Afridi mentioned.
“We’ve got full religion in Salman Safdar,” he additional remarked.
“He needs to be given full entry to the PTI founder so he could possibly file a written response,” he added.
CJP Afridi directed that Safdar ought to “not be stored ready exterior Adiala,” assuring him that in case he encounters any points, CJP Afridi’s private employees will probably be obtainable.
The court docket adjourned the listening to till February 12.
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