After PTI leaders were denied a meeting with party founder Imran Khan yet another time MNA Ahad Ali Shah said it seemed his party would “now have to resort to agitation”.
“We have reached a conclusion that the government will not arrange meeting with Imran Khan if the party remains peaceful. It seems that now we will have to resort to agitation as the government is not ready to listen to our peaceful requests and demands,” he said.
The Islamabad High Court has allowed Imran twice-a-week meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays with his family, lawyers and other associates at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, where he is incarcerated since 2023. Despite the court order, the former premier has been restricted from meeting visitors for several weeks.
On Wednesday, MNA Ahad Ali Shah posted on X that the PTI had submitted a list of six leaders, including him, to Adiala jail authorities for their meeting with Imran.
He that the leaders reached the Adiala jail around 1:30pm on Thursday.
“We were informed by the jail administration that a message has been sent and we should wait for an approval.
“We waited there till 4pm but did not get any message from jail authorities. As the meeting time had ended, we decided to leave,” he said.
In response to a question, Shah said the PTI had concluded that “the government will never arrange a meeting as long as the party remains peaceful”.
“It seems that now we will have to resort to agitation as the government is not ready to listen to our peaceful requests and demands,” he added.*
