Lawyers for former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was arrested in Lahore on Saturday, said the jailed 70-year-old leader was "ready to spend the rest of his life in prison". Lawyers for Pakistani leader Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) further alleged that Khan was held in a small cell full of bugs at Attock prison, where he was being held after the court's ruling on Saturday. dealt a heavy blow to Khan.
“The president of PTI said he was willing to spend the rest of his life in prison,” the lawyer was quoted as saying by Geo News.
In the new charges, Imran Khan's lawyer says PTI leadership alleges that police failed to present him with an arrest warrant and tried to break down his wife's bedroom door while they were at his home in Lahore .
Imran Khan was arrested at his home shortly after the Islamabad Magistrates Court convicted him of 'corrupt conduct' in the Toshakhana bribery case and sentenced him to three years in prison. Khan's lawyer, Naeem Haider Panjotha, said his client was provided with Class C facilities in a prison in Punjab province.
Panjotha said the cell where the politician turned cricketer was filled with flies and insects. He was in a small room "with an open toilet," Panjotha said after meeting Khan in prison on Monday. He told reporters that Khan complained of being confined to a dark room with an open toilet, frequented by flies and ants.
"I was locked in a dark room, with no TV or newspaper. No one is allowed to see me like I'm a terrorist," Panjotha said, quoting Khan.
Lawyers told Khan's alleged conditions of detention after meeting him in jail for an hour and 45 minutes in the presence of a prison official to get a signature to appeal his sentence. ta.
IMRAN KHAN'S COMPULSORY
Imran Khan was transferred to Attock Prison in Attock City in Punjab province, despite a court order ordering the authorities to take him to Adiala Prison in Rawalpindi. The ruling comes as Pakistan prepares for general elections later this year, with the current Parliament due to complete its term on August 12.
The cricket-turned-politician has been accused of illegally selling state gifts for a profit of $497,500. Khan denied wrongdoing, saying he had purchased the gifts legally from Toshakhana, a government-owned treasury.
This is the second time in three months Khan has been arrested.
Before that, he was arrested on May 9 in Islamabad at the headquarters of the high court in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case, which sparked violent protests from his supporters. Khan faces more than 140 cases with multiple charges, including terrorism, blasphemy, corruption and murder.
