Barrister Saif says provincial govt shouldn’t make others suffer if it can’t provide ‘security’ to ex-PM
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa information adviser on Tuesday said if the Punjab government could not ensure the safety of PTI founding chairman Imran Khan — who along with other prisoners at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail had been restrained from receiving visitors for two weeks over “security threats” — then he should be handed over to his provincial set-up.
“Imran Khan should be handed over to the KP government if Punjab cannot provide security to him,” CM’s information aide Barrister Dr Muhammad Ali Saif demanded in a video message. He further said the restrictions imposed on the basis of “security concerns” had created “difficulties” for all the prisoners. “The Punjab government should not make the people suffer because of its ‘incompetence’ and ‘fear of Imran Khan’.”
The KP CM’s adviser claimed that Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz was busy in “photo shoots” instead of working in the province while Defence Minister Khawaja Asif was engaged in “useless gossip” in parliament to gain the media’s attention. “A ‘drama’ is being played in Punjab to hide the ‘incompetence’ of its government.” Said was referring to Punjab CM’s recent visit to Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail, where she had Iftar (broke her fast) with the female prisoners there.
