ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan asked his party’s acting president Barrister Gohar Ali Khan to write a letter to Chief Justice Yayha Afridi and Constitutional Court Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan to address the PTI human rights cases with priority.
According to a transcript posted on Khan’s official X account on Monday, he made these comments in a conversation with lawyers and journalists in Adiala Jail.
The PTI founder directed Barrister Gohar and Salman Akram Raja to write a letter to the apex court as well as international human rights organizations in this regard. It is worth mentioning that Mr. Khan cannot access his X account in jail.
The PTI chief said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur should write a letter to the higher committee and respond to the allegations leveled by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
“We are not asking for concessions from anyone, we are only asking for justice under the law,” he said, adding that the state of the judiciary after the 26th Amendment was pitiful.
The PTI chief also reiterated that he would not reach any agreement to get out of jail. “My cases or my release have nothing to do with negotiations with the government or anyone. If the negotiations are sabotaged, it will be due to the government’s indifference and failure to create a judicial commission,” he added.
The former prime minister also claimed that the Al-Qadir University project was underway years before the deal was signed between property magnate Malik Riaz and the UK’s National Crime Agency.
“Our cabinet had no role in the Al-Qadir Trust matter, nor did we transfer this money to the Supreme Court,” the statement published in ‘X’ said, adding that the PTI cabinet only approved the confidentiality of the non-disclosure agreement. . .
Published in Dawn, January 21, 2025
