ISLAMABAD: A day after the Islamabad Excessive Courtroom’s (IHC) order, authorities on Tuesday shifted incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail from Attock jail.

The PTI chief was shifted to Adiala jail amid tight safety in an 18-vehicle convoy — together with 15 automobiles of Islamabad police — two armoured automobiles and an ambulance escorted Khan from Attock to Adiala jail by way of motorway.

On Monday, IHC CJ Aamer Farooq expressed his annoyance over maintaining an ‘under-trial prisoner’ in Attock jail as an alternative of Adiala jail and directed the involved authorities to maneuver Khan — who’s presently serving a three-year sentence within the Toshakhana corruption case. — to the Adiala jail.

Confusion arose as officers of Adiala jail denied experiences of the previous prime minister’s shifting to the jail after his attorneys made such claims.

Hours after the IHC directed the authorities involved to maneuver Khan to Adiala jail from the Attock jail, the place he had been incarcerated for over a month, the members of his authorized staff mentioned that the orders had been complied with.

Naeem Panjhota, who’s the spokesperson of Khan on authorized affairs, claimed that the ousted premier — who was faraway from energy by way of a parliamentary vote in April final yr — had been shifted to the jail in Adiala.

Nevertheless, the Adiala jail administration refuted the declare, saying that Khan had not but been shifted there.

Later, taking to X — previously generally known as Twitter — Panjhuta mentioned that he had been knowledgeable that Imran Khan had been shifted to Adiala jail however “it’s past understanding that Attock jail [authorities] are additionally saying that they’ve PTI chairman.”

Ex-PM will get B-Class amenities

Based on jail sources, the PTI chief has been supplied with a high-security B-Class barrack in Adiala jail, the place former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was additionally stored.

Khan could be supplied with the amenities as per the instructions of the courtroom, the sources mentioned, including that there could be an connected lavatory along with his room within the jail.

A jail service facility shall be supplied to the PTI chief across the clock. His menu, nonetheless, is but to be determined, the sources added.

Imran Khan ‘adjusted’ himself in Attock jail

A day after pleading with the courtroom to shift Imran Khan to Adiala jail in order that he could possibly be supplied higher amenities, his lawyer mentioned that the PTI chairman has “adjusted” himself within the Attock jail.

Throughout an interplay with journalists immediately, Barrister Umair Niazi — Khan’s counsel — took a U-turn from the PTI authorized staff’s yesterday stance within the IHC, saying that his shopper has “adjusted” himself within the Attock jail.

“Jail is in spite of everything jail. I’m tremendous in Attock jail,” Niazi mentioned, quoting the incarcerated PTI chairman.

On Monday, Khan’s lawyer Advocate Sher Afzal Marwat requested the IHC that his shopper be given the power of an train machine.

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

At this, the IHC CJ remarked, “It’s confirmed that the PTI chairman is entitled to the higher class, as he’s the previous prime minister and an informed individual.”

Justice Farooq additionally maintained that Khan ought to obtain the amenities he’s entitled to and that his rights shouldn’t be violated.

Attock jail notification declared ‘null and void’

In a separate listening to immediately, the IHC declared null and void the authorities’ notification to maintain the PTI chairman in Attock jail.

In a written order, IHC Chief Justice Aamir Farooq permitted the request to switch Khan to Adiala jail. The courtroom acknowledged that the PTI chief had been sentenced to 3 years within the Toshakhana case.

The trial courtroom had directed maintaining the PTI chief in Adiala Jail, however as a result of safety considerations, he was transferred to the Attock jail to finish his sentence on the advice of the Inspector Basic of Prisons.

Regardless of the suspension of his sentence within the Toshakhana case by the IHC on August 28, the previous prime minister remained incarcerated within the jail as he was additionally arrested within the cipher case.

The extra advocate normal of Punjab acknowledged that shifting Khan to Adiala jail poses a safety danger. Beneath-trial prisoners of all instances registered within the federal capital are stored within the Adiala jail, whereas solely convicted prisoners might be shifted to any jail in Punjab.

The courtroom mentioned that Khan, as a former prime minister, is entitled to higher class amenities in jail.

In its written order, the courtroom acknowledged that the PTI chairman’s lawyer had requested the supply of fitness center gear to his shopper in jail; nonetheless, the courtroom mentioned it can’t situation such directions as a result of it’s not clear whether or not such amenities are allowed or not.

The superintendent jail, the courtroom mentioned, is the authorised authority on this regard, and acceptable requests ought to be filed with them.

Imran’s judicial remand prolonged until October 10

PTI chairman Khan and Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi will stay behind bars for the following 14 days as a particular courtroom — established below the Official Secrets and techniques Act — prolonged their judicial remand until October 10 within the cipher case on Tuesday.

Open courtroom listening to

Earlier, the IHC dominated that the following listening to of the PTI chairman’s bail plea within the cipher case will happen in an open courtroom.

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

The Federal Investigation Company (FIA) had initially sought closed-door hearings, citing the presence of “privileged” and “delicate” paperwork and data.

The courtroom has, consequently, instructed the FIA prosecutors to submit a separate petition for in-camera proceedings in the course of the upcoming listening to.

The order additional mentioned that the particular prosecutor for the company had contended that when the bail utility earlier than the trial courtroom was argued, the general public was remoted, nonetheless, the official conceded that the petitioner argued its case in open courtroom.

Nevertheless, the order talked about that the PTI counsel mentioned he had no objection if pointless folks had been barred from the courtroom.

The FIA prosecutors, of their request, additionally talked about that the listening to of the case within the particular trial courtroom was additionally held in-camera and unauthorised folks had been requested to go away the courtroom.

“Be that as it might, Part 14 of the Official Secret Act, 1923 permits exclusion of the general public from the proceedings, nonetheless, the studying of the part reveals that if such is to be undertaken, the prosecution has to make an utility,” it added.

The courtroom talked about that the prosecution could transfer an acceptable utility whether it is within the public’s exclusion from the proceedings.

Cyphergate

The controversy first emerged on March 27, 2022, when Khan — lower than a month earlier than his ouster in April 2022 — brandished a letter, claiming that it was a cipher from a overseas nation, which talked about that his authorities ought to be faraway from energy.

He didn’t reveal the contents of the letter nor point out the identify of the nation that had despatched it. However a number of days later, he named the US and mentioned that Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Affairs Donald Lu had sought his removing.

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

The previous prime minister, claiming that he was studying contents from the cipher, mentioned that “all shall be forgiven for Pakistan if Imran Khan is faraway from energy”.

Then on March 31, the Nationwide Safety Committee (NSC) took up the matter and determined to situation a “robust demarche” to the nation for its “blatant interference within the inner affairs of Pakistan”.

Later, after his removing, then-prime minister Shehbaz Sharif convened a gathering of the NSC, which got here to the conclusion that it had discovered no proof of a overseas conspiracy within the cipher.

Within the two audio leaks that took the web by storm and shocked the general public after these occasions, the previous prime minister, then-federal minister Asad Umar, and then-principle secretary Azam might allegedly be heard discussing the US cipher and the right way to use it of their curiosity.

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

In October, the cupboard gave the inexperienced sign to provoke motion in opposition to the previous prime minister and handed over the case to the FIA.

As soon as FIA was given the duty to probe the matter, it summoned Khan, Umar, and different leaders of the get together, however the PTI chief challenged the summons and secured a keep order from the courtroom.

The Lahore Excessive Courtroom (LHC), in July this yr, recalled the keep order in opposition to the call-up discover to Khan by the FIA.