PTI leader Sardar Latif Khosa handed a letter from Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi on Thursday and raised concerns about ongoing cases, prison relationship and judge, Latif Khosa said.
In a speech with journalists after the meeting, Khosa said CJP “listened calmly” when he detailed the lack of hearings in PTI-related cases and “Bulldozing” of attempts. He described the PTI founder as held in a 9-to-11-foot cell and said that both the founder and his wife were facing difficulties in prison.
Khosa said he informed CJP of restrictions on private meetings with family members and shared input on prison reforms and noted that the PTI founder was asked to present written proposals.
Chief Justice, he added, promised to create a uniform policy on prison conditions and confirmed his oath to maintain fundamental rights.
Khosa also criticized invasive searches of lawyers in courts and described “unrest” in High Court. He said he reminded Chief Justice that he, as a “judiciary’s father”, must fulfill his responsibility within constitutional boundaries.
Earlier in the day, Aleema Khan entered the Supreme Court (SC) with a letter from PTI’s imprisoned founder. “We want to deliver the PTI founder’s letter to the Supreme Court Supreme Court,” said lawyer Latif Khosa. Police stopped her and stated that there was a need for permission to continue beyond this point – allowed Imran Khan’s sisters had not.
The letter was a plea for Chief Justice, an appeal to “maintain oath in your office and show the people that the Supreme Court in Pakistan remains their last refuge for justice.”
Imran describes the conditions where he has now spent over 772 days due to over 300 cases filed against him. His first complaint is the way he has been eradicated and mentions how his sons cannot visit him or talk to him on the phone.
He votes with his concerns about the imprisonment of his wife, Bushra Bibi, and claims that her only crime is that “she is my wife.” Khan describes the lonely circumstances of Bushra Bibis prison how all vertical communication has been removed from her.
The deteriorating nature of her health is performed and the injustice that surrounds it. “Her doctor is prevented from examining her, so much less to give her any treatment. Pakistani law explicitly gives women special concessions for bail, solely because of their gender.”
Several reports have contested the nature of Bushra Bibis complaints. A report was released in April this year with details of the prison conditions for Bushra Bibis prison. The report stated that Bushra Bibi is receiving regular health surveillance and has access to a dedicated kitchen room in prison.
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The imprisonment of PTI workers after the protests on May 9 has established a contentious reputation for themselves. Not only for the way the trials have been conducted, with the newly established practice of trying civilians in military courts, but also for the nature of the way arrests continued.
In December 2024, without awarding any legal reasoning, the constitutional bench (CB) of the Supreme Court had conditional on military courts to advertise their judgments in 85 cases of civilians who are in the army custody of attacks of attacking military installations on May 9, 2023.
Imran challenges the conditions under which the arrests were made, “many were abducted, beaten and exposed to military litigation in obvious violation of constitutional protection.”
Imran lists cases and judgments of family members who he believes proves the “unprecedented victim of my family.” The incident with lawyer Hassan Niazi’s arrest, his 10 -year verdict made an example. Imran’s sisters who have been booked in dozens of cases and his nephews Shahrez and Shershah, both of which are currently in prison, presented as evidence.
The 26th Constitutional Change
One of the gripping remarks about IMRAN’s letters is his detailed objection to the 26th constitutional amendment, which IMRAN believes “has been used as a tool to sanctify this electoral dakoity, while petitions that challenge it are unheard of in your court.”
The 26th amendment of Pakistan’s Constitution, adopted in October 2024, introduced significant changes in the structure of the judiciary and appointment processes.
In particular, it changed the selection method for Chief Justice of Pakistan and moved this responsibility from a seniority -based system to a nomination of a special parliamentary committee among the three most senior Supreme Court judges with a fixed period of three years.
Supporters of the amendment, including the reigning coalition led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, argue that these changes are necessary to limit legal overreaction and restore balance between government branches.
They claim that previous court decisions have undermined democratic processes and this amendment seeks to strengthen parliamentary sovereignty.
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Opposition parties, especially Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI), have felt the amendment as an attempt to weaken the judiciary.
They claim that it allows the exercise to exert unnecessary influence on the judiciary and compromise on its ability to act as a control of state power. PTI criticized the passage of the amendment and called it a “black day” in Pakistan’s constitutional history.
The PTI founder raised concerns about Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar’s handling of IMRAN’s case. Imran accused the judge of “deliberately refusing to resolve my petitions with al-Qadir confidence and Toshakhana revisions petitions.”
Imran’s letter adopts a bleak tone when referring to the case of Zulficar Ali Bhutto, who reminds the reader of the judgment of the Supreme Court in 2024, stating that “the requirements for trial were not met. Justice in its true sense must be done in real time, Pyrrhic Justice occurs 44 years later.”
The letter concludes with the requirements of the petitioners, “Allow phone calls to my sons as a mandate of the prison man.
