IHC removes objections on appeal for enhanced security of Imran Khan.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday removed the objections of the registrar office on an intra court appeal seeking provision of security and facilities to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in Adiala Jail. The court directed the registrar office to fix the case for hearing. A two-judge bench, comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir, heard the case.

During the hearing, Sher Afzal Marawat Advocate, the petitioner's legal representative, read out the verdict of a single-member bench issued on September 25 regarding the transfer of Imran Khan to Adiala Jail. The lawyer said that the single-member bench had not passed any order regarding the provision of facilities to the chairman PTI and permissions to meet his lawyers and family members. Marawat highlighted that the previous ruling did not address the provision of essential facilities to Imran Khan or permissions for meetings with legal counsel and family members.

He informed the court that, currently, the jail administration permitted the PTI chief's family to visit him twice a week, with only four lawyers being granted access. He requested the court to amend the single-member bench's judgment. In response, the court issued instructions in line with Marawat's request. Meanwhile, former first lady Bushra Bibi approached the IHC seeking an early hearing into the...