Attock: The Punjab Prisons Department’s (PPD) spokesperson on Tuesday clarified that a new washroom with five-foot-high walls and a door have been constructed for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan at Attock Jail.
The clarification by the spokesperson comes after Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ), Attock Shafquat Ullah Khan visited the former prime minister’s cell and found his complaints and concerns regarding living conditions — including the lack of privacy in the washroom — to be ‘genuine’.
In the clarification issued by the PPD spokesperson, all facilities available under rules 257 and 771 of the Pakistan Prisons Rules, 1978 have been made available to the PTI chief.
Addressing the concerns that did not have any privacy in the bathroom, the spokesperson said a new washroom was constructed in the PTI chairman’s cell.
“The walls of the washroom are kept five feet high and a door is also installed,” he said, adding that a western commode and wash basin have also been installed in the washroom. –Agencies
