PTI chairman in jail: SC requests government report
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has recently shown an active interest in the circumstances surrounding the imprisonment of the chairman of the Pakistani People's Party (PTI) in the past couple of months.
Following the Chairman's request to initiate a Supreme Court proceeding regarding the scandal surrounding Toshakhana, a case has been filed in the Court.
Currently, a three-member bench is being assembled under the leadership of Chief Justice Umar Atta Bandyal in order to oversee the hearing. This bench is also comprised of two other justices, Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi and Jamal Khan Mandukhel, who are also members of this bench.
In order to defend PTI Chairman Latif Khosa, the lawyer of PTI Chairman Latif Khosa began the hearing on the podium by making an argument in his client's defense. There was something interesting to note that also present in the courtroom were Aleema Khan and Uzma Khan, the two sisters of the Chairman, who had accompanied her to the trial.
The High Court was also engaged in parallel discussions as a result of the hearing, which took place concurrently with the hearing, as a result of the hearing. Latif Khosa was involved in this case and he is to be commended for his involvement by the High Court Chief Justice who has expressed his gratitude to him.
This may have the effect of suspending the Chairman's sentence, and if so, the Chairman's sentence will be suspended. The Chief Justice stated during this time period that even though the sentence had been suspended, there still remained the possibility that the issue would not be resolved completely, even though the sentence had been halted.
As part of his statement, the chief justice reiterated his intention to continue to push the government to provide answers regarding the conditions in which PTI chairman Afzal Khan is being held at the Attock Jail, and the extent of his confinement. It should be noted that it was CJP Bandial who mentioned that he was concerned about the conditions in the Attock jail as well as the conditions of his sentence.
It is said that the high courts are under the full trust of Justice Jamal Mandukhel, who has been appointed as chief justice, and any criticism of lawyers would severely hamper the functioning of the court system, he added.
In response, Latif Khosa stated that he respects all courts, starting with magistrates and going all the way up to the Supreme Court. As the judge noted, there is, however, a sense that the judiciary is in distress due to internal tensions, as there are tensions in the judiciary.
It was during the hearing that CJP questioned Latif Khosa's meeting with the Chairman regarding the matter. The letter that Khosa sent to him confirms that he had visited the jail to meet the chairman, as he had stated in his correspondence with him. An unusual situation occurred between the two of them, where a man in a police uniform sat between the two of them.
His visit to the country was not meant for discussion of politics, but rather to address violations of fundamental rights in the country, which he clarified during his visit.
It is for this reason that the chief justice believes it is important to keep the facts in court and to avoid discussing issues that are not included in the records of the court at the time of the hearing.
In addition, CJP Bandial asked the federal government to provide him with a written response that details the prison facilities that had been provided by the federal government to the PTI chairman on behalf of the federal government.