Imran Khan's party moves Islamabad High Court to shift him from Attock jail to Adiala prison; seeks A-class facilities

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Khan's party on Monday petitioned the Islamabad High Court to shift the jailed former prime minister from the Attock jail in Punjab province to Rawalpindi's high-security Adiala prison, keeping in view his affluent family background, social and political status. In a petition, the lawyer of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party requested the Islamabad High Court to transfer the deposed premier where A-class facilities are available, adding that his family, lawyers and his physician Dr Faisal Sultan should be allowed to meet him.

He maintained that meeting his lawyers, legal team and family was the fundamental right of the party chairman. Khan, 70, was arrested from his home in Lahore on Saturday shortly after an Islamabad trial court found him guilty of «corrupt practices» in the Toshakhana corruption case and sentenced him to three years in jail.

After his arrest, he was shifted to Attock jail in Attock city in Punjab province though the court order directed authorities to lodge him at Rawalpindi's high-security Adiala prison. In a separate development, it was reported that Khan was shifted to cell no 2 in Attock jail, which has high security and «better facilities», Geo News reported.

The size of cell no 2 is bigger than the previous one and has a table, chair, mattress, and bed. «Since childhood, the petitioner is from an affluent family, and later due to his education, habits, and social and political status in the society, has got accustomed to a better mode of life… is a graduate of Oxford University, UK and the… captain of Pakistan national Cricket team...,» the petition read.