In a petition filed late on Monday to the Islamabad excessive court docket, Khan’s authorized crew complained about his “tiny, soiled” cell and stated he was being denied entry to his physician and members of his household and celebration. He “is disadvantaged of the rights and amenities to which he’s in any other case entitled beneath the Pakistan Jail Guidelines,” the petition learn.The previous cricket star additionally argued that he needs to be transferred to a jail close to the capital, Islamabad, that has “A-class” amenities. In higher amenities, authorities present inmates with items resembling entry to newspapers, air cooler, tv and permission to be served home-made meals, Khan’s authorized crew stated.
The circumstances in Khan’s cell shouldn’t be a shock and different former prime ministers have face such circumstances, in accordance with Amir Saeed Rawn, a former secretary basic of the Lahore Excessive Court docket Bar Affiliation. “Usually our prisons aren’t in good circumstances,” Rawn stated. “They’re overcrowded” and “pathetic,” he added. However usually, politicians are stored in a separate cell for safety causes, Rawn stated. The knowledge minister for Punjab province, Aamir Mir, wasn’t accessible for remark.A decrease court docket on Saturday sentenced Khan to a few years in jail after declaring him responsible of hiding earnings from the sale of state items whereas in energy. The punishment bars Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s political rival from contesting elections for 5 years. The 70-year-old Khan is difficult his conviction in a better court docket, in accordance with a separate movement filed Tuesday. Pakistan is poised to start out its nationwide elections cycle with Sharif scheduled to dissolve the decrease home of the Parliament on August 9 as the federal government’s five-year time period involves an finish. The nation will appoint a caretaker authorities that can oversee the election course of. Khan’s lawyer, Naeem Haider Panjhuta, informed reporters that Khan’s morale appeared excessive after assembly him at his jail on Monday. Khan is the defendant in additional than 170 authorized circumstances since being ousted from energy final 12 months in a parliamentary no-confidence vote. He has stated these authorized challenges are supposed to maintain him from collaborating within the nation’s politics.