Islamabad, Dec 13: Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Chief Minister Muhammad Sohaib Afridi on Friday alleged that former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi are being subjected to mistreatment in jail.Afridi’s comments came after he was denied permission to meet incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan for the 10th time by the Adiala jail administration on Thursday.
Addressing a meeting of the Provincial Cabinet, Afridi said that despite the harsh winter, basic necessities and warm clothing were not being provided to the detained couple.
The Chief Minister said that the use of water cannon against Imran Khan’s sisters was “shameful,” adding that the provincial government strongly condemned such “unjust and inhumane behaviour.” Khan, 73, has been in Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi since August 2023 in multiple cases.
Speaking to media persons on Thursday, Afridi said that it was strange that an elected chief minister was not being allowed to meet his party’s founding chairman despite court orders to the contrary.
Afridi said efforts had been underway for the past three years to “minus Imran”, but all such attempts had failed. The government and the “powers that be” should engage in talks with Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, as Imran had authorised them to represent him in negotiations, he added.