"Facilities" given to Former Prime Minister of the Country in Jail
The government ministers are saying that Imran Khan has been provided with all the facilities in the jail and he has no issues. But the party was worried about it because the reports were to the contrary. Today, lawyer Naeem Haider Panjutha went to meet Imran Khan himself and is an eyewitness.
Account of Naeem Haider Panjutha's meeting with Imran Khan
- Today, after two days of continuous efforts, I got to meet Imran Khan. The purpose of the meeting was to inquire about his health as well as get him to sign a power of attorney and get directions from him on how to proceed with the cases on him.
- I got a call at night asking to come by 12:00 pm today. I asked them that I gave the time of 9:00 am so that this decision can be challenged early today. We were deliberately called at 12:00 pm so that a day would be wasted. When we reached at 12 o'clock, we were told to come at 12:30 pm.
- I was taken in a police car and had to walk for 1 km, taking pictures of me from place to place.
- After making me wait for an hour, I was taken to the Deputy Superintendent's room. Before the meeting, they prepared Imran Khan by getting him to change his clothes so that it feels like he is perfectly fine.
- The meeting started at 1:30 PM and continued for almost two and a half hours. He told me that he has not been provided with any facilities in the jail. There is no air conditioner facility which is given to A class prisoners nor there is an air cooler. There is only one fan. The bathroom is open, and its shower is also out of order. There are flies during the day and insects during the night. He does not have access to his mobile phone nor is there a TV in the room. He is also not provided any newspaper in jail.
- At night, rainwater came into his room. It is a very small room in which it is difficult to even pray. In food, he is provided with lentil and bread, but he said that he has no problem with it.
- Imran Khan said that there are only two paths; freedom or slavery. Even if they keep me in D class, it doesn’t make any difference to me. I get a chance to read the Holy Quran but they are doing the worse they can.
- I was deliberately kidnapped once again because when I said myself that I was ready to surrender, they barged in breaking the doors. My guards and staff were also taken away.
- The arrest took place at 1:00 PM and the time written in the FIR is 4:20 PM, so that they can show the proper procedure by the time the judge gives the order. At first, they said that he would be taken to Adiala jail, but on the way, a plan was made to take him to Attock jail as there is no A or B class over there.
- He asked to take legal action against this and said that the media has to be told this whole story.
- Despite all these conditions, Imran Khan's morale is high, he said that I am ready for anything, and I am prepared to spend my whole life in prison.
- An application has been filed with the Jail Superintendent that till now the party leaders and his doctor has not been given any access to him. We request Imran Khan to be given A class as per the law. This is his right and our requests should be heard as soon as possible.
Inhumane Treatment of the Former Prime Minister of the Country from Arrest to Jail
- While arresting Imran Khan, he said that he was ready to surrender and asked to get ready. Despite this, they came after me and tried to enter the bedroom of wife Bushra Bibi by breaking the doors. They took her cell phone along.
- Some devices have been installed in Zaman Park due to which no one can access the Internet, nor can anyone call on the phone.
- A cloth was forcibly put on Imran Khan's face like a terrorist. When asked to remove the cloth, he was told that they didn’t have the permission to. Imran Khan was taken away by dragging him by his arms.
- In Attock jail, the room that he has been kept in, at night it is full of mosquitos and insects. The cleaner who comes in the morning, throws some sweets in his room so that it gets infested with ants. It is a smelly room where there is no access to light and air.
- According to the prison manual such cells are dedicated for terrorists and death row inmates. Earlier, Ali Muhammad Khan and Shehryar Afridi were also placed in such cells, but this is not even in our constitution to keep a Former PM in such cells.
- We have reservations about the food that is being given to Imran Khan, on which a petition has been filed to give access to his family, his lawyers and his doctor.
- Imran Khan has given a message that we have to fight this fascism with more courage.
- It is sad to say that the former prime minister of a country has been kept in such poor conditions.
- In history as well, many important personalities have been kept in jail before, but Imran Khan is being kept in worse conditions unlike them.
- These conditions are given to a class C prisoner. According to the Government Ministers, Imran Khan has been given B Class facilities. This is not true at all. B Class has an attached bathroom.
- Attock jail is called Kasuri Jail which describes its conditions and history. Prisoners are kept in Attock jail to make them suffer and cause them pain.
- They have declared 2.2 km around Attock jail as No-Go area. Section 144 has been enforced. What is the reason for this? There was no intention to disrupt peace. Lawyers only had to go to get signature on the letter of attorney and for the purpose of filing a lawsuit.
- The meeting of Imran Khan's with his family, lawyers and political leadership is a natural process. In Attock jail there is no official doctor's office, but a dispenser is available. If a doctor is needed, he is brought from the District Headquarters Hospital.
- The head of the country's most popular party and former prime minister has been kept in these worst conditions. We condemn this and we will raise this point on the forums of the higher judiciary.