ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Thursday expressed grave concern and outrage over reports that Bushra Bibi was suddenly and secretly taken to a hospital in the middle of the night and then returned to jail without informing her family, lawyers or the party.
PTI Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram, in a statement issued here, said it was deeply regrettable that a female prisoner, who was also the wife of a former prime minister, was being deprived of basic human and medical rights despite her health condition deteriorating with each passing day. He contended, “The government is setting dangerous precedents in the country, as the rulers show neither respect for the Constitution and the law nor for women’s rights and dignity.
Waqas Akram pointed out that the entire matter was “shrouded in mysterious and unusual secrecy, marked by a lack of transparency and serious human rights violations” that had raised countless questions in the minds of the public. He lamented why the nation was not being kept informed about the PTI founder’s illness and that of his wife. “If her condition had deteriorated to the extent that she had to be taken urgently to hospital in the middle of the night, why her family, lawyers and the party were kept in the dark,” he questioned.
Meanwhile, PTI leaders claimed that preparations for the final round of its movement against the party founder chairman Imran Khan’s imprisonment had begun, as Adiala jail authorities again Thursday denied permission to them to meet the party founder.
PTI leaders, including Naseem Ali Shah, Khurram Virk, Zahir Shah, Rajab Abbasi, Zar Aalam and Rubina Shaheen made their way to Adiala jail but were not allowed to meet their jailed leader until the end of visiting hours.
