Overview
- An Islamabad High Court order on allowing Chief Minister Sohail Afridi to meet Imran Khan at Adiala Jail has not been issued, leaving cabinet formation on hold.
- PTI leader Ali Muhammad Khan urged Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to facilitate the meeting and warned that blocking access would harm Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s security and governance.
- PTI chairman Gohar Khan said Afridi would initially appoint a small cabinet of eight to ten ministers if a meeting is not permitted, with plans to expand after consultation.
- Imran Khan has conveyed guidance on cabinet composition through counsel, with instructions relayed to senior party figure Salman Akram Raja, according to lawyer Faisal Malik.
- PTI alleges Imran is being denied basic jail facilities and equal access afforded to other incarcerated leaders, framing the restrictions as a violation of constitutional rights.