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After 17-Year Toshakhana Verdict, PTI Protests and Jail-Access Standoff Intensify

Denied jail meetings have turned into the flashpoint following the Toshakhana-II ruling.

Overview

  • Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi were sentenced on Saturday to 17 years each in the Toshakhana-II case involving an allegedly undervalued Bulgari jewelry set, with the court also imposing fines under corruption and criminal breach of trust laws.
  • PTI called for nationwide demonstrations, with rallies reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and a large security deployment in Rawalpindi as authorities prepared for potential unrest near Adiala Jail.
  • Imran Khan’s sisters were again refused permission to meet him and staged a sit-in that blocked sections of Adiala Road on Tuesday before dispersing later in the evening after talks with police.
  • Rawalpindi police registered an FIR booking PTI leader Seemabia Tahir and others under public order and penal code sections over a post-verdict road blockade on Adiala Road.
  • Aleema Khan filed for acquittal in a separate November 26 protest case, while Khan’s counsel said jail authorities delayed the meeting needed to obtain his signatures to lodge an appeal against the new conviction.