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      <title>Afridi calls sit-in outside Adiala Jail over PTI founder’s health</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Khan Afridi on Thursday announced a sit-in outside Adiala Jail after he and other PTI leaders were denied permission to meet the party’s founder Imran Khan, citing serious concerns over his health.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Speaking to the media at the Factory Naka near Adiala Jail, CM Afridi said the PTI founder was shifted from jail to a hospital on Saturday night but his family was not informed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He questioned why details of the illness were withheld and asked what prompted the secrecy if the situation was serious.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“The nation will not tolerate any risk to the life of our leader,” CM Afridi said, adding that every citizen has a fundamental right to receive treatment from a personal physician.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He demanded immediate access for the PTI founder’s family and private doctors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Earlier, the scheduled time for jail meetings ended without any PTI leader being allowed to see the former prime minister.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;CM Afridi, along with provincial ministers Meena Khan and Shafi Jan, Senator Falak Naz and MPA Ijaz Khan, had reached Adiala Jail for the meeting.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Following the denial, CM Afridi announced that PTI leaders would stage a sit-in outside the jail and remain there overnight.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He said most parliamentarians had already arrived, while others were expected to join soon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Members of the provincial and national assemblies from KP continued to reach the Factory Naka.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“This is a matter of our leader’s life and cannot be normalised,” CM Afridi said, expressing full support for the stance taken by PTI leader Salman Akram Raja.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He urged the public to remain alert and said the protest would continue until demands were met.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Addressing the media, Salman Akram Raja said court orders permitting meetings were not being implemented.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He described reports about the PTI founder’s health as alarming and accused the government of misleading the public for several days.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He said the family had been kept uninformed about the PTI founder’s condition and confirmed that an eye surgery had been performed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“We are extremely concerned,” Raja said, adding that all PTI MNAs and MPAs had been directed to reach Adiala Jail.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PTI leaders said the protest would continue until authorities allowed the family and personal physicians to meet the party founder and provided full clarity on his medical condition.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Khan Afridi on Thursday announced a sit-in outside Adiala Jail after he and other PTI leaders were denied permission to meet the party’s founder Imran Khan, citing serious concerns over his health.</strong></p>
<p>Speaking to the media at the Factory Naka near Adiala Jail, CM Afridi said the PTI founder was shifted from jail to a hospital on Saturday night but his family was not informed.</p>
<p>He questioned why details of the illness were withheld and asked what prompted the secrecy if the situation was serious.</p>
<p>“The nation will not tolerate any risk to the life of our leader,” CM Afridi said, adding that every citizen has a fundamental right to receive treatment from a personal physician.</p>
<p>He demanded immediate access for the PTI founder’s family and private doctors.</p>
<p>Earlier, the scheduled time for jail meetings ended without any PTI leader being allowed to see the former prime minister.</p>
<p>CM Afridi, along with provincial ministers Meena Khan and Shafi Jan, Senator Falak Naz and MPA Ijaz Khan, had reached Adiala Jail for the meeting.</p>
<p>Following the denial, CM Afridi announced that PTI leaders would stage a sit-in outside the jail and remain there overnight.</p>
<p>He said most parliamentarians had already arrived, while others were expected to join soon.</p>
<p>Members of the provincial and national assemblies from KP continued to reach the Factory Naka.</p>
<p>“This is a matter of our leader’s life and cannot be normalised,” CM Afridi said, expressing full support for the stance taken by PTI leader Salman Akram Raja.</p>
<p>He urged the public to remain alert and said the protest would continue until demands were met.</p>
<p>Addressing the media, Salman Akram Raja said court orders permitting meetings were not being implemented.</p>
<p>He described reports about the PTI founder’s health as alarming and accused the government of misleading the public for several days.</p>
<p>He said the family had been kept uninformed about the PTI founder’s condition and confirmed that an eye surgery had been performed.</p>
<p>“We are extremely concerned,” Raja said, adding that all PTI MNAs and MPAs had been directed to reach Adiala Jail.</p>
<p>PTI leaders said the protest would continue until authorities allowed the family and personal physicians to meet the party founder and provided full clarity on his medical condition.</p>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:30:50 +0500</pubDate>
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