Imprisoned ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan has visitation privileges revoked after reviews of potential assault

Pakistani authorities on Tuesday barred guests for imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan after receiving intelligence reviews a couple of potential assault on the jail the place he’s being held, authorities officers and his social gathering mentioned.

Beneath a authorities order, no guests shall be allowed to fulfill with Khan or different inmates on the Adiala jail within the garrison metropolis of Rawalpindi for 2 weeks for safety causes. The order got here simply days after authorities beefed up safety on the jail.

It was unclear whether or not the intelligence obtained by authorities was about Khan or about different inmates in separate barracks, together with militants who’re on trial.

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Khan is presently serving a number of jail phrases on the Adiala jail. He has been convicted on costs of corruption, revealing official secrets and techniques and violating the wedding legal guidelines in three separate verdicts and sentenced to 10, 14 and 7 years respectively.

Beneath Pakistani regulation, he serves the phrases concurrently, that means that he primarily is serving the longest of the sentences. Khan is interesting all of the convictions.

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Gohar Khan, the chairman of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf social gathering, or PTI, denounced the ban on Khan’s guests.

Khan’s social gathering did not get a majority within the Feb. 8 parliamentary elections wherein his rivals emerged as the most important presence within the Nationwide Meeting, or decrease home of the parliament. Khan’s rival Shehbaz Sharif is now the nation’s prime minister.