What's the history of Attock jail where Pakistan's Imran Khan is currently lodged?
FirstpostAttock jail is one of 40 prisons operating in Punjab province. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said the Attock jail lacked “B Class” facilities. The PTI in a petition to the Islamabad High Court asked that Imran be moved from Attock jail to Rawalpindi’s high-security Adiala prison, keeping in view his ‘affluent family background, social and political status.’ The petition, filed through Imran’s attorney Naeem Haider Panjotha, claimed that Imran was being kept in a “small cell of 9 x 11 feet”. “The prison authorities were kept “absolutely in the dark” about the plan to shift Imran Khan to Attock Jail. PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan said that the legal team was not allowed to meet Imran Khan as the jail administration “straight away refused to allow a meeting”, as per Dawn.