ISLAMABAD: Senior counsel Salman Safdar formally submitted to the Supreme Court a seven-page report regarding PTI founder Imran Khan’s living condition in the prison on Wednesday.
Advocate Safdar, who was appointed amicus curaie to visit Adiala jail, told the media after submitting his report that he met the PTI founder and also visited his cell.
However, he refrained from divulging what he came across during his meeting or recommended in his report, saying his first responsibility was to submit his report to the SC.
On Thursday, a two-judge SC bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi, will resume the hearing of the case regarding living conditions of the ex-premier in Adiala jail.
Mr Safdar explained that PTI founder’s sister Aleema Khan and PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja “understood his compulsion that he could not talk to them about his report”, which was assigned to him by the court.
He made it clear that he did not inform any of them about the health or living condition of Mr Khan.
Advocate Safdar also denied making any statement on Mr Khan’s health on Tuesday, making it clear that if anything was attributed to him in this regard it was “misrepresented and misreported”.
Before the appointment of Advocate Safdar as ‘friend of the court’ on Tuesday, Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan had informed the Supreme Court that he had “submitted a written response to the chamber in light of the order of Aug 24, 2023”.
The SC had directed the AGP to submit a report on Mr Khan’s living conditions in jail, he said, adding that the PTI founder was in Attock jail at the time of the order. “We had submitted a written report to the chamber on Aug 28, 2023,” the AGP said, adding that a medical report was also submitted.
Subsequently, the court appointed Advocate Safdar as amicus with direction to visit the Adiala jail and meet Imran Khan. In the court order, it was noted that the report submitted by the AGP pertained to the period when the ex-premier was imprisoned in Attock jail in 2023. Hence, the court considered it appropriate that a report regarding the present living conditions of the petitioner in jail be submitted.
Published in Dawn, February 12th, 2026
