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PTI Jail Standoff Escalates as Family Sit-In Grows and Police Ready Dispersal Plan

Provincial moves to curb parties deemed hostile to the military raise the stakes for PTI during the detention dispute.

Overview

  • Police deployed additional forces, prison vans and water-cannon vehicles near Adiala Jail as PTI founder’s sisters led a sit-in after being denied a meeting.
  • PTI said it accepted a government proposal for a joint committee to inspect the jailed leader’s facilities and recommended Rana Sanaullah to chair it.
  • A Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences team examined the PTI founder inside the prison, providing a formal health assessment.
  • Punjab Assembly approved the 27th constitutional amendment and passed resolutions urging bans on parties or leaders who attack the armed forces.
  • Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto received a guard of honor in Islamabad, exchanged MOUs, was awarded Nishan-e-Pakistan, and agreed to bolster defense cooperation with Pakistan.