Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
Lawyers representing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf met former prime minister Imran Khan in Adiala Jail on Wednesday to discuss court cases, a day after the Islamabad High Court directed the authorities to facilitate the meeting.
The meeting came hours after Khan was taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad for a medical check-up and follow-up treatment for an eye condition. Khan, 74, has been in prison since 2023 and faces more than 100 cases, including corruption and charges linked to inciting violence.
advertisement
On Tuesday, the Islamabad High Court directed the authorities to facilitate meetings between Khan and his legal team while hearing appeals filed by him and his wife, Bushra Bibi, against their convictions in the Al Qadir Trust case.
The lawyers had told the court that they could not proceed with arguments in the appeals in the £190 million corruption case without first meeting their clients.
Barrister Salman Safdar and Advocate Latif Khosa met Khan at Adiala Jail, PTI lawyer Awais Younus Chaudhry was quoted as saying by Dawn.
“As per orders of the court, the meeting was held to discuss under-trial cases,” Chaudhry said.
He said the lawyers remained at Adiala for four hours and left without speaking to the media.
“As their cell phones are switched off, it’s too early to say whether they were allowed to meet Imran together or separately and for how long,” he said.
Khan was taken to PIMS during the night between November 10 and 11 for a medical check-up and follow-up eye treatment. He has been receiving treatment for his right eye since January after complaining of loss of vision.
“His vital parameters were found to be normal. He was clinically stable, and his general physical examination was unremarkable. After obtaining informed consent and following standard monitoring procedures, precautionary measures and clinical protocols, the ophthalmology team administered an intravitreal anti-VEGF injection,” an official said.
“He remained clinically stable before, during and after the procedure. He was discharged at around 2.30 am with the necessary instructions for further care and follow-up,” the official said.
Bushra Bibi was arrested on January 17, 2025, in a separate case in which she and Khan were sentenced.
Despite several court directives, Khan’s meetings with his family and party leaders have been largely restricted in recent months. Safdar met him on November 2 for less than an hour after a gap of seven months. When they last met in April, the Supreme Court had appointed Safdar as amicus curiae, but he met Khan as his lawyer on November 2.
The latest meeting allowed Khan’s lawyers to discuss his pending cases following the high court’s direction, while his medical examination found him clinically stable after follow-up treatment for his right eye.
With PTI Inputs
– Ends
SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA
