RAWALPINDI: The Punjab authorities has banned all conferences inside Adiala jail until October 18 as a result of safety considerations within the gentle of upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Islamabad, sources informed Geo Information on Monday.
They added that owing to the ban, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former prime minister Imran Khan — who’s imprisoned there — won’t be allowed to meet get together leaders, legal professionals and household throughout this time.
The jail conferences — together with these involving frequent prisoners — have been prohibited so as to enhance the ability’s safety forward of the high-profile SCO occasion, which is scheduled within the federal capital from October 15 to 16, stated the sources aware about the matter.
The assembly holds key significance as it’s going to even be attended by India’s Minister of Exterior Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar — the primary go to by an Indian overseas minister to Pakistan in practically a decade.
The federal authorities has known as within the Pakistan Military as a part of its complete safety plan with troops’ deployment authorized underneath Article 245 of the Structure from October 15 to 17.
This isn’t the primary time that the authorities have barred conferences inside the ability as such a ban was imposed for 2 weeks in March as a result of safety considerations.
The compound has housed Khan for greater than a yr because the politician remained embroiled in a number of circumstances.
Earlier this yr, the Counter Terrorism Division (CTD) claimed to have arrested three terrorists and recovered a map of the jail facility, a hand grenade and Improvised Explosive Gadgets (IEDs) from their possession.
The terrorists, as per Rawalpindi Metropolis Police Officer (CPO) Khalid Hamdani, hailed from Afghanistan.
Previous to that, in November 2023, police had discovered a suspicious bag laden with an explosive machine close to Adiala Highway in Gorakhpur — situated only one kilometre away from the ability.