Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday held a parliamentary party meeting during which it approved the government’s proposal to set up a committee to review jail facilities provided to party founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi.
The decision allows PTI-nominated lawyers and parliamentarians to visit Adiala Jail alongside a senior federal minister to assess the conditions.
The meeting, attended by opposition leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai, barristers Gohar and Ali Zafar, Shahid Khattak, Malik Amir Dogar, and other senior leaders, issued a strongly worded statement rejecting allegations made by the Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR).
The party said the ISPR briefing exceeded constitutional boundaries and caused nationwide anxiety.
The PTI parliamentary party accused “anti-democracy elements” of attempting to create chaos and claimed that the constitution is being undermined, the judiciary weakened, and the media censored.
It also condemned restrictions on opposition voices in the National Assembly and violations of privacy and personal freedoms across the country.
The statement stressed that political dissent should be based on dialogue and respect, not unrest, and called for the prompt issuance of notifications for opposition leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai in the National Assembly and Allama Raja Nasir Abbas in the Senate.
The party urged that all prisoners, including Imran Khan, be granted access to meetings with their legal teams and family members, highlighting serious human rights violations in prisons that must be immediately addressed.
Finally, the PTI parliamentary party reiterated its commitment to uphold the Constitution, restore the rule of law, and ensure that democratic institutions operate within their constitutional limits.
Shahid Khattak was congratulated on his nomination as the parliamentary leader.