ISLAMABAD: Jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan stated he’s been saved in a jail cell meant for terrorists and is looking for a Court Docket order to be moved to upgraded services after his conviction in a corruption case.

In a petition filed late on Monday to the Islamabad excessive court docket, Khan’s authorized workforce complained about his “tiny, dirty” cell and stated he was being denied entry to his physician and members of his household and occasion. He “is deprived of the rights and facilities to which he is otherwise entitled under the Pakistan Prison Rules,” the petition learn.
The previous cricket star additionally argued that he needs to be transferred to a jail close to the capital, Islamabad, that has “A-class” services. In higher services, authorities present inmates with items similar to entry to newspapers, air cooler, tv and permission to be served home-made meals, Khan’s authorized workforce stated.

The circumstances in Khan’s cell shouldn’t be a shock and different former prime ministers have face such circumstances, in line with Amir Saeed Rawn, a former secretary basic of the Lahore Excessive Courtroom Bar Affiliation.
“Generally our prisons aren’t in good conditions,” Rawn stated. “They are overcrowded” and “pathetic,” he added. However sometimes, politicians are saved in a separate cell for safety causes, Rawn stated.
The knowledge minister for Punjab province, Aamir Mir, wasn’t out there for remark.
A decrease court docket on Saturday sentenced Khan to a few years in jail after declaring him responsible of hiding earnings from the sale of state presents whereas in energy. The punishment bars Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s political rival from contesting elections for 5 years. The 70-year-old Khan is difficult his conviction in the next court docket, in line with a separate movement filed Tuesday.
Pakistan is poised to start out its nationwide elections cycle with Sharif scheduled to dissolve the decrease home of the Parliament on August 9 as the federal government’s five-year time period involves an finish. The nation will appoint a caretaker authorities that can oversee the election course of.
Khan’s lawyer, Naeem Haider Panjhuta, instructed reporters that Khan’s morale appeared excessive after assembly him at his jail on Monday.
Khan is the defendant in additional than 170 authorized circumstances since being ousted from energy final yr in a parliamentary no-confidence vote. He has stated these authorized challenges are supposed to hold him from taking part within the nation’s politics.