Imran is safe and healthy in Adiala Jail, say officials

Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan is “completely safe and healthy” inside Adiala Jail, according to the Prison Department, which released detailed information on his current living conditions amid ongoing concerns raised by party leaders and supporters.

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Officials said six rooms in a prison barrack are reserved for the incarcerated former prime minister, who is provided weekly access to his wife, Bushra Bibi, for a meeting inside the jail.

They added that Imran has access to television and newspapers and is permitted to order food from outside once a week, which typically includes “desi” chicken and fish. According to prison sources, security inside Adiala Jail is monitored through 300 cameras.

They stressed that all visitors who enter the jail’s premises are granted meetings strictly under jail manual rules, but matters occurring outside the prison boundaries are not the administration's responsibility.

While the government insists that it has provided all possible facilities to Imran Khan, a key cabinet minister claimed that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi’s quest to meet his incarcerated party leader was in violation of the jail manual.

Information Minister Atta Tarar’s assertion prompted an indignant response from the PTI, which maintains that their court-decreed schedule of meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays is not being honoured.