Imran Khan’s party accuses authorities of denying access to him

PTI accuses authorities of denying legal team access to Imran Khan to get his signatures on court documents. Khan was arrested in Lahore and taken to Attock Jail. PTI calls it an "abduction" and urges workers to protest peacefully. Khan can challenge verdict in High Court and then Supreme Court, but PTI's mainstay is support from judiciary or expats.

Imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party on August 6 accused authorities of denying his legal team access to the leader to get his signatures on essential documents for court purposes.

Mr. Khan, 70, was arrested from his Zaman Park home in Lahore on Saturday shortly after an Islamabad trial court found him guilty of “corrupt practices” in the Toshakhana corruption case and sentenced him to three-year imprisonment.

Mr. Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party, is lodged in the Attock Jail after being sentenced for concealing the sale of state gifts. The case was adjudicated by a sessions court in Islamabad.

The PTI in a statement shared on a WhatsApp group termed Mr. Khan's arrest as an “abduction”.

“Chairman's legal team is not being given access to him for getting legal documents signed, as per the prerequisite, despite appeals made to Superintendent Attock Prison & Additional Home Secretary Punjab,” it said.

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“This doesn't sound like an arrest at all, it sounds like an abduction.”