Members of the opposition protested exterior the Supreme Court docket (SC) on Monday to demand that the circumstances of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan be instantly scheduled for listening to and that he be allowed to satisfy his household.
Imran, Imprisoned since August 2023, is serving a 14-year sentence at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail in a £190 million corruption case and was convicted in one other case concerning state items lately.
His well being has been garnering consideration in current days, together with his household and celebration elevating considerations since his eye ailment — proper central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) — got here to gentle in late January.
Senate Opposition Chief Allama Raja Nasir Abbas and PTI Secretary Normal Salman Akram Raja participated within the protest, which ended at round 2pm.
Different leaders current included chief whip Amir Dogar, MNAs Ali Muhammad Khan and Shahid Khattak, MPA Shafiullah Jan, and Muhammad Hussain.
The protest individuals additionally demanded that “a whole medical examination be carried out by his private docs”, based on a submit by the opposition alliance Tehreek-i-Tahafuz-i-Ayin-i-Pakistan (TTAP) on X.
Abbas urged the federal government to take “confidence-building measures”, which included permitting Imran’s household and private physicians to satisfy him.
“We contemplate these rulers Kind-47 ones however any talks would nonetheless be held with them,” the Senate opposition chief. said.
Chatting with reporters, the PTI secretary normal stated the celebration doesn’t belief “any authorities report”, apparently referring to 1 submitted to SC by the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims).
“This isn’t a second the place we arrange a motion or maintain talks,” Raja stated, noting the considerations of Imran’s sister Uzma Khanum concerning her brother’s life.
Raja additional lamented that they had been unable to satisfy with Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi, including that he would once more try to satisfy him.
“Not simply the PTI founder’s eye however his physique wants a checkup,” he contended.
Ali Muhammad additionally demanded that Imran be taken to a hospital, including that the ex-premier was “not asking for something particular”.
“It’s by the chief’s eye that the nation sees its future,” the MNA remarked, calling for the PTI founder to be taken to Islamabad’s Shifa Worldwide Hospital as demanded by his private docs and household.
“With so many considerations being raised about Imran Khan’s eye difficulty all over the place particularly on the degree of apex court docket of the nation, it is unusual the federal government has taken so lengthy to take the essential resolution of shifting him to hospital. It is about time that authorities should not delay extra,” he had stated earlier on X.
In the meantime, Khattak lamented that “our leaders’ remedy has been made into a difficulty of ego”.
He additional stated that Imran’s spouse Bushra Bibi was additionally jailed in “political circumstances”. The lawmaker asserted that he and different celebration leaders would “many times come right here (to SC) and hold reminding” of the matter.
A video shared by the TTAP earlier within the day confirmed the opposition members sitting on the garden exterior the SC and speaking amongst themselves.
Imran’s household and associates had been barred from visiting him for a number of weeks till the SC’s intervention earlier this month led to PTI lawyer Salman Safdar being allowed to go to him. Following his go to, he submitted a report back to the SC, which stated solely 15 p.c imaginative and prescient was left within the PTI founder’s proper eye, prompting outrage and protests from the opposition in opposition to his remedy.
The TTAP had held a sit-in on the Parliament Home the earlier week for the success of its calls for for Imran’s remedy and examination, finally calling it off after 5 days in deference to the holy month of Ramazan.
