ISLAMABAD: A court in Islamabad has ordered PTI Chairman Imran Khan to appear on Monday (today) in a case involving his alleged “un-Islamic” marriage with Bushra Bibi, but officials at Attock Jail have said they are unable to do so due to security concerns because the deposed premier’s cypher case will be heard on the same date inside the prison grounds.
The superintendent of the Attock Jail informed Civil Judge Qudratullah in a letter that Imran was a well-known under-trial prisoner in the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Counter Terrorism Wing’s (CTW) cypher case filed under the Official Secrets Act and who is supposed to hear the PTI chairman’s alleged “un-Islamic” marriage case.
Despite concerns from Attock Jail, the judge insists on Imran’s arrival
In the letter, he further said that Imran should not have to present in the purported “un-Islamic marriage case” because Special Court Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain was overseeing the proceedings within the jail.
However, according to police sources, the PTI chairman was scheduled to appear before Judge Qudratullah in the purported ‘un-Islamic’ marriage case, and they would give the Attack Jail administration a list of the officers assigned to provide for his security there.
They claimed that the license plates of the Islamabad police cars transporting Imran to court will also be given to the Attack Jail staff.
According to the sources, the interior ministry was told about the police’s suggested actions for bringing the PTI head in court.
They proceeded by saying that as soon as the police received the official instructions for the PTI chief’s presence before the court in Islamabad, they would promptly take the suggested actions.
