PTI lawyer Barrister Salman Safdar on Monday said he met with party founder Imran Khan and his spouse, Bushra Bibi, at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, where they are both incarcerated.
Imran has been in prison since Aug 5, 2023, while his wife was arrested on Jan 17, 2025 in a separate case in which the couple were sentenced.
The IHC has allowed Imran twice-a-week meetings — on Tuesdays and Thursdays — with his family, lawyers and other associates. Despite multiple court directives, Imran’s meetings with his family and party leaders have been largely restricted in recent months.
In a post on X on Monday, Safdar said the meeting was his first with Imran after seven months and with Bushra in 11 months.
The last time he met Imran, the Supreme Court designated him as amicus. However, this time he met Imran Khan as his lawyer.
It lasted 40 minutes and was “insufficient to cover all cases [and] legal matters”, the PTI counsel contended.
“Both briefed me on their health conditions [and living] conditions and gave Fresh instructions for some legal matters and cases,” he wrote on X.
PTI Central Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram told Dawn that he spoke to Safdar in detail.
“Salman told me that the meeting was held in connection with a number of applications which have been filed in courts to arrange meetings with Imran Khan,” he said.
“Salman has told me that he reached Adiala Jail at around 4:30pm and the meeting continued for around 40 to 45 minutes. However, he said that it was not sufficient time for the meetings, as there were so many cases which had to be discussed and as the meeting was being held after such a long time.“
Replying to a question, Akram said that no political issues were discussed during the meeting, which he added was also attended by Bushra Bibi. Safdar spoke about the cases and asked about future strategy.
When asked about Imran’s health, Akram replied that although health issues were discussed, the PTI would only speak about the legal cases.
Barrister Safdar’s last publicly reported meeting with Imran was held on April 8 this year, a day after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed authorities to arrange the meeting.
His previous meeting on Feb 10 with the former premier was also on the directives of the Supreme Court, where concerns about Imran’s health were raised.
Imran’s eye ailment — right central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) — came to light in late January. While he has undergone eye procedures at the government-run Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), his family demands that he be shifted to a hospital of his choice.
The government and the opposition have been engaged in a blame game, with the latter accusing the former of a lack of transparency on the matter, of not ensuring appropriate treatment for Imran, and of not allowing his personal physicians access to him. The government denies these allegations.
Imran was sent to jail for a three-year term on Aug 5, 2023 for concealing details of Toshakhana gifts. However, he and Bushra are also serving a 14-year sentence in a £190 million corruption case, also known as the Al-Qadir Trust case.
The couple were convicted in another Toshakhana case in December 2025, with 10-year and seven-year terms handed to them. The PTI founder also faces pending trials in terrorism cases related to the May 9, 2023 riots.
Imran’s sisters Aleema Khan, Noreen Niazi and Uzma Khan, along with opposition leaders, have staged frequent sit-ins outside the Adiala jail demanding the PTI founder’s release.
They remain unable to stage more sit-ins since their detention in late September under the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, as the PTI geared up for a protest march to Islamabad.
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