The federal government has begun deliberations on shifting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan from Adiala jail, with Prime Minister’s Coordinator for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ikhtiar Wali warning that political confrontation has reached a point “from where return seems impossible.”
Sources told Geo News that the authorities believe PTI was “pursuing an agenda to destabilise the country”, saying that attempts were underway to foment unrest under the guise of protest.
Addressing a press conference, Wali said the government was seriously examining proposals to move the “prisoner” from Adiala jail. “They want the prisoner shifted from Adiala, and the government is genuinely considering it,” he added.
Wali also claimed that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has a nexus with drug smugglers. “His performance is not zero — it is minus,” he remarked.
He further claimed that CM Afridi’s family members were engaged in the narcotics business “under his patronage”.
The remarks come a day after the PTI founder’s sisters staged a sit-in near Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail after being denied a meeting with their incarcerated brother, which was ended following police action.
The protesters gathered at the Factory checkpoint after Noreen Khan, Aleema Khan and Uzma Khan. The police officials used water cannons to scatter the participants of the sit-in. Some of the protesters resisted the police operation by hurling stones, leading to the arrests of several PTI workers.
