The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday has granted permission to the PTI leaders to visit former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Adiala Jail, to hold the election-related meetings in the run-up to the February 8 polls.
It is to be noted that the order was passed by Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb on a petition filed Khan seeking permission for holding meetings with the party members Asad Qaiser, Junaid Akbar Khan, senators Aurangzeb Khan and Dost Mohammad Khan, and Ishtiaq Meherban, among others, for strategizing ahead of the elections.
The petition has further made a request to the court to instruct the Superintendent of Adiala Jail to ensure privacy for Imran during his talks with his legal team.
Following the release of the poll-schedule, election-related activities have begun inside the camps of major political parties. The election programme is completely in swing with the deadline for filing nomination papers over on Sunday. The returning officers will examine the nomination papers from Dec 25 to Dec 30.
The Attorney-General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan, PTI lawyers and the Adiala Jail superintendent appeared in the IHC on Friday.
One of the petitions added that, “The PTI is being denied a level playing field in the different regions of the country for holding the conventions, public meetings, rallies and other political activists, which are primarily required for the fulfilment of the political rights guaranteed under the different articles of the Constitution.”
It added that the authorities in Islamabad had denied the permission to the PTI to hold workers’ conventions, public meetings or even rallies.
Whereas, in the separate petition, Former PM Imran Khan has sought the intervention of the court to permit meetings with the party members Asad Qaiser, Junaid Akbar Khan, Senators Aurangzeb Khan and Dost Mohammad Khan, and Ishtiaq Meherban, among others, to strategise ahead of the elections.
The petition had further requested the court to instruct the superintended of Adiala Jail for ensuring the privacy for Khan during his consultations with his legal team.
