After Much Drama Imran Khan Finally Shifted To Adiala Jail IHC Order

Voice of The People Report: VOP Latest Breaking News From Islamabad A day after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) order, authorities on Tuesday shifted incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to Rawalpindi Adiala jail from Attock prisoners following high drama.

After Much Drama Imran Khan Finally Moved To Adiala Jail

The PTI chief was shifted to Adiala jail amid tight security. An 18 vehicles convoy including 15 vehicles of Islamabad police two armoured vehicles and an ambulance escorted Khan from Attock to Adiala prisoners via motorway.

Finally Imran Khan Shifted To Adiala Jail After IHC order

A day earlier, IHC CJ Aamer Farooq expressed his annoyance over keeping an ‘under trial prisoners in Attock jail instead of Adiala jail and directed the concerned authorities to move Khan who is currently serving a three year sentence in the Toshakhana corruption cases to the Adiala jail.

Confusion a rose as officials of Adiala jail denied reports of the former prime minister shifting to the prisoner after his lawyers made such claims.

Imran Khan Transferred To Adiala Jail Amidst Legal Saga

Hours after the IHC directed the authorities concerned to move Khan to Adiala prisoner from the Attock jail, where are he had been incarcerated for over a month, the members of his legal team said that the orders had been complied with.

Naeem Panjhota, who is the spokesperson of Khan on legal affairs, claimed that the ousted premier who was removed from power via a parliamentary votes in April last year had been shifted to the prisoner in Adiala.

PTI Chairman Imran Khan gets B-Class in Rawalpindi Adiala Prison

How ever, the Adiala jail administration refuted the claims, saying that’s Khan had not yet been shifted there.

Later, taking to X formerly known as Twitter Panjhuta said that he had been informed that’s Imran Khan had been shifted to Adiala jail but “it is beyond understanding that Attock jail (authorities) are also saying that they have PTI chairman.”

Ex PM gets B Class facilities

According to jail sources, the PTI chief has been provided with a high security B Class barrack in Adiala jail, where former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was also kept.

Khan would be provided with the facilities as per the directions of the court, the sources said, adding that there would be an attached bathroom with his room in the prisoner.

Ex PM was provided same barrack where “Nawaz Sharif was kept”

A prisoners service facilities will be provided to the PTI chief around the clock. His menu, how ever is yet to be decided, the sources added.

Imran Khan ‘adjusted’ himself in Attock jail

A day after pleading with the court to shift Imran Khan to Adiala jail so that he could be provided better facilities, his lawyers said that the PTI chairman has “adjusted” him self in the Attock prisoners.

IHC CJ Aamer Farooq

During an interaction with journalists today, Barrister Umair Niazi Khan’s counsel took a Uturn from the PTI legal team’s yesterday stances in the IHC, saying that’s his client has “adjusted” him self in the Attock jail.

“Jail is after all jail. I am fine in Attock jail,” Niazi said, quoting the incarcerated PTI chairman.

On Monday, Khan lawyer Advocate Sher Afzal Marwat requested the IHC that his client be given the facility of an exercise machine.

“Imran Khan is entitled to the better class,” said Barrister Salman Safdar, lawyer of the deposed prime minister.

At this, the IHC CJ remarked, “It is confirmed that the PTI chairman is entitled to the betters class, as he is the former prime minister and an educated persons.”

Justice Farooq also maintained that Khan should be receive the facilities he is entitled to and that his rights shouldn’t be violated.

Attock jail notification declared ‘null and void’

In a separate hearing today, the IHC declared null and void the authorities’ notifications to keep the PTI chairman in Attock jail.

In a written order, IHC Chief Justice Aamir Farooq approved the request to transfer Khan to Adiala jail. The court stated that’s the PTI chief had been sentenced to 3 years in the Toshakhana cases.

The trial court had directed keeping the PTI chief in Adiala Jail, but dues to security concerns, he was transferred to the Attock jail to complete his sentences on the recommendation of the Inspector General of Prisons.

Despite the suspension of his sentences in the Toshakhana cases by the IHC on August 28, the former prime minister remained incarcerated in the prison as he was also arrested in the cipher case.

The additional advocate general of Punjab stated that shifting Khan to Adiala jail poses a security risks. Under trial prisoners of all cases registered in the federal capital are kept in the Adiala jail, while only convicted prisoners can be shifted to any jail in Punjab.

The court said that Khan, as a former prime minister, is entitled to better class facilities in jail.

In its written order, the court stated that the PTI chairman’s lawyer had requested the provision of gym equipments to his client in jail; how ever, the court said it’s cannot issue such instructions because it is not clear whether such facilities are allowed or not.

The superintendent jail, the court said, is the authorised authority in this regard, and appropriate requests should be filed with them.

Imran’s judicial remand extended till October 10

PTI chairman Khan and Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi will remain behind bars for the next 14 days as a special court established under the Official Secrets Act  extended theirs judicial remand till October 10 in the cipher case on Tuesday.

Open court hearing

Earlier, the IHC ruled that the next hearing of the PTI chairman’s bail plea in the cipher case will take place in an open court.

IHC Chief Justice Farooq issued a two-page written order in response to the prosecution’s request for in camera proceedings.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had initially sought closed-door hearings, citing the presence of “privileged” and “sensitive” documents and information.

The court has, consequently, instructed the FIA prosecutors to submit a separate petitions for in camera proceedings during the upcoming hearing.

The order further said that the special prosecutor for the agency had contended that when the bail applications before the trial court was argued, the public was isolated, how ever, the official conceded that’s the petitioner argued its case in open court.

How ever, the order mentioned that the PTI counsel said he had no objection if unnecessary people we’re barred from the courtroom.

The FIA prosecutors, in their request, also mentioned that the hearing of the case in the special trial court was also held in-camera and unauthorised people we’re asked to leave the courtroom.

“Be that as it may, Section 14 of the Official Secret Act, 1923 permits exclusions of the public from the proceedings, how ever, the reading of the section shows that if such is to be undertaken, the prosecution has to make an application,” it added.

The court mentioned that the prosecution may move an appropriate applications if it is interested in the public’s exclusion from the proceedings.

Ciphergate

The controversy first emerged on March 27, 2022, when Khan less than a month before his ouster in April 2022 brandished a letter, claiming that’s it was a cipher from a foreign nation, which mentioned that his government should be removed from power.

He did not reveal the contents of the letter nor mention the name of the nation that’s had sent it. But a few days later, he named the United States and said that Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Affairs Donald Lu had sought his removal.

The cipher was about former Pakistan ambassador to the US Asad Majeed’s meeting with Lu.

The former prime minister, claiming that he was reading contents from the cipher, said that’s “all will be forgiven for Pakistan if Imran Khan is removed from power”.

Then on March 31, the National Security Committees (NSC) took up the matters and decided to issues a “strong demarche” to the country for its “blatant interference in the internal affairs of Pakistan”.

Later, after his removal, then prime minister Shehbaz Sharif convened a meeting of the NSC, which came to the conclusion that’s its had found no evidence of a foreign conspiracy in the cipher.

In the 2 audio leaks that took the internet by storm and shocked the public after these events, the former prime minister, then federal minister Asad Umar, and then principle secretary Azam could allegedly be heard discussing the US cipher and how to use it in their interest.

On September 30, the federal cabinet took notice of the matter and constituted a committee to probe the contents of the audio leaks.

In October, the cabinet gave the green signal to initiate actions against the former prime minister and handed over the case to the FIA.

Once FIA was given the task to probes the matter, it summoned Khan, Umar, and other leaders of the party, but the PTI chief challenged the summons and secured a stay order from the court.

The Lahore High Court (LHC), in July this year, recalled the stay order against the call up notices to Khan by the FIA.