RAWALPINDI (Kashmir English): Adiala Jail authorities on Tuesday allowed Noreen Khan Niazi to meet her brother, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan.
Noreen has entered the jail premises, and the meeting with the former prime minister is currently underway in Adiala Jail’s conference room, sources said.
She was sent by the police to Adiala Jail’s Gate No. 5, while Imran’s other sisters, Aleema Khanum and Dr Uzma Khanum, who were also present in the car, were not allowed to proceed beyond the Dahgal checkpoint on Adiala Road.
After meeting with the PTI founder, Noreen Niazi refused to talk to the media. When questioned, Noreen Niazi only confirmed that she had met Imran Khan.
Speaking to the media before departing for Adiala Jail, Noreen Niazi said she would inform Imran Khan about the Supreme Court’s order to shift him to Shifa International Hospital.
Imran Khan’s transfer to hospital
The development came a few hours after the Supreme Court ordered relevant authorities to transfer incarcerated Imran Khan from Adiala Jail to Shifa International Hospital and allow meetings with his family members.
A three-member bench headed by Justice Shahid Waheed, comprising Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim, issued the written order on several petitions seeking Imran’s hospitalisation and his meetings with family members.
The petitioners included Imran’s sister Dr Uzma Khan, his lawyer Uzair Bhandari, and PTI leader Mashal Yousafzai.
The order stated that “the prisoner [Imran Khan] shall be shifted to Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, within the next two days.”
As per the order, the court directed the concerned authorities to constitute a “medical board comprising a physician, a general surgeon, a specialist in internal medicine, an eye specialist, and a cardiologist” for the medical examination and treatment of the prisoner.
Moreover, the court also ordered the government and relevant officers to facilitate meetings between Imran Khan and his family members once a week.
In addition, the authorities were directed to facilitate telephone conversations between Imran Khan and his sons twice a week.
