PESHAWAR, Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Thursday condemned what he described as “gross negligence” and “criminal recklessness” by the federal government over the treatment of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.
Condemned the alleged misbehavior against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Imran KhanAddressing a provincial cabinet meeting of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, Afridi said the official medical report itself admitted that the 73-year-old Khan had lost most of his vision, with only ten to fifteen percent left in the right eye.
However, he added that this report cannot be relied upon, as Khan’s personal physicians are yet to be allowed to conduct a full medical examination.
Afridi said that when Khan was shifted to the hospital, his family members were not taken into confidence nor were his personal doctors informed.
He claimed that Khan was being “deliberately targeted” as his popularity could not be reduced.
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The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party chief minister said that if such behavior could be meted out to a former prime minister, it was a “deeply disturbing matter, revealing clearly malicious motives and dangerous plans”.
Earlier in the day, the Chief Minister said that the nation has not forgotten incidents like “Model Town, , and Muridke”.
He said that those who “have no value for the lives of ordinary citizens have today openly resorted to state oppression”.
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He said the continuous delay in the disposal of Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi’s case in the Islamabad High Court for nearly a year was alarming, warning that when justice is denied, the last hope of the people fades away.
He alleged that the governments imposed in Punjab, Sindh and at the federal level lacked public mandate and this reality was exposed before the entire nation.
The chief minister said that the security situation in the country has entered an alarming phase, terrorism continues in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, even the federal capital is no longer safe.
Talking about the economic situation, Afridi said that Pakistan’s total debt has exceeded ₹Of which 80,000 billion ₹36,000 billion in associated foreign debt.
Exports are close to zero, the trade deficit is growing and the dollar is artificially controlled ₹280, but once reality surfaces, it can be transcended ₹400, he said.
He said the country has been pushed closer to bankruptcy. He said that while the country is spiraling out of control, the rulers’ only priority is to keep Khan illegally imprisoned.
Afridi said that peaceful protest is a constitutional and legal right of every citizen and it is the people’s prerogative to exercise this right.
He said that, as directed by the Chief Justice, Khan should undergo an immediate medical examination by his personal physicians by February 16 and take the nation into confidence.
Khan has been in jail since August 5, 2023, when he was arrested at his Lahore residence after being convicted in a corruption case. He is currently lodged in the high security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.
A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Shaheed Bilal Hasan on Thursday began hearing a case on the living conditions of the 73-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician and ordered a detailed check-up before February 16.
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