Shahid Khaqan, Miftah Ismail to join sit-in over Imran Khan’s health outside Parliament

Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Ain Pakistan (TTAP) has mentioned the management of Awaam Pakistan will take part in a sit-in exterior Parliament Home on Friday, demanding entry to jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and assurances over his medical remedy following studies of great imaginative and prescient loss.

In a press release posted on X on Friday, it mentioned occasion leaders Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Miftah Ismail attended a TTAP assembly late on Thursday, the place they determined to affix the peaceable protest.

“Denying any prisoner well timed and acceptable medical care is immoral, inhumane, and unlawful,” the TTAP assertion mentioned, noting that Imran is each a former prime minister and the chief of the nation’s largest political occasion.

The rally, led by the Senate opposition chief Senator Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, is shifting in the direction of D-Chowk.

Safety was considerably tightened in and round Parliament Home forward of the protest. Police deployed a heavy contingent on the gates, with the primary entrance reportedly closed to forestall unauthorised entry, whereas armoured autos had been stationed close by.

Islamabad’s Crimson Zone was reportedly sealed off, with Structure Avenue blocked at Radio Pakistan Chowk. Police stopped MNAs Iqbal Afridi and Umair Niazi from coming into the realm, and no residents or lawmakers had been allowed entry to Parliament Home.

Mahmood Khan Achakzai, in a video posted by the TTAP X account, questioned why Imran Khan can’t be shifted to Al-Shifa Hospital. “They aren’t asking for him to be despatched overseas on medical grounds; they’re demanding remedy throughout the nation.”

The protest follows submissions made to the Supreme Court docket of Pakistan, the place Advocate Salman Safdar knowledgeable the courtroom—citing a report commissioned by the bench—that solely 15% imaginative and prescient remained in Imran Khan’s proper eye.

The lawyer quoted the previous prime minister as saying the loss adopted medical issues in custody, sparking sharp criticism from opposition events, who accused the federal government of permitting his well being to deteriorate.

Imran Khan’s sister, Aleema Khan, in a submit on her X account, questioned why the written order of the Supreme Court docket had nonetheless not been obtained.

“It’s 1pm on Friday thirteenth, and we nonetheless haven’t obtained the written order from the Supreme Court docket,” she wrote. She mentioned formal written instructions had been required to make sure that Imran Khan is examined by specialists and handled underneath the supervision of his personal medical doctors at Shifa Worldwide Hospital.

Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi had given a two-day deadline for implementation of the order; nevertheless, Aleema Khan mentioned the directive couldn’t be applied and not using a written order. “Given the urgency and the danger to his eyesight, why has the CJP delayed issuing the written orders?” she added.

Achakzai mentioned the protest would stay peaceable. Talking to reporters, he mentioned Imran ought to be allowed to satisfy his private doctor and household. “At first, I used to be instructed that his well being is bettering,” he mentioned, including, “There are good medical doctors within the nation; we would like him to obtain correct remedy.” He added that the difficulty ought to be resolved with out issues.

In a separate media interplay, the JUI-F chief additionally known as for full medical amenities to be supplied to the PTI founder in jail. “On humanitarian grounds, he ought to be allowed to be examined by his most well-liked physician,” he mentioned. “Politics shouldn’t be became enmity; collective survival calls for cooperation.”

On Thursday, Achakzai introduced the protest stating: “A peaceable protest sit-in will start exterior the Parliament Home tomorrow. We’ll current our calls for throughout the sit-in, and it’ll proceed till our calls for are met. If one thing goes incorrect in accepting these calls for, the federal government shall be accountable.”

Imran Khan has been imprisoned since August 2023, presently serving a sentence at Adiala Jail in a £190 million corruption case. As well as, he faces pending trials underneath the Anti-Terrorism Act associated to the protests of Could 9, 2023. The occasion has expressed concern in current days over Imran’s well being and demanded remedy by his personal group of medical doctors.