SOPs for holding meetings with PTI founder in jail finalised

SOPs for holding meetings with PTI founder in jail finalised

Rawalpindi (Web Desk): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and Adiala Jail authorities on Saturday reached an agreement regarding the former premier's meetings in jail.

As per details, the ex-premier and the superintendent of Adiala Jail signed the agreement on the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for holding meetings in the facility.

Imran Khan has appointed PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan, Sher Afzal Marwat and Barrister Umair Niazi as his focal persons.

According to the agreed-upon SOPs, each focal person will provide two names for holding a meeting with the incarcerated party founder each week, who will be allowed to meet family members and his lawyers on Tuesday and Thursday.

The time of meetings will be between 30 to 45 minutes with maximum number of visitors in each session limited to six.

Earlier this month, the Punjab government barred the prisoners — including the PTI founder who's been imprisoned at the said facility since September 26, 2023, and is serving an accumulative sentence of 31 years in various cases — from holding meetings inside the jail owing to security concerns.