Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi despite being high-profile prisoners will have to perform their prison labour inside the compound, according to a media report. Khan is the founder chairman of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) while Qureshi is the vice chairman of the party. According to sources, the two men have been given two sets of prison uniforms according to the jail manual. Quoting sources, the report said that high-profile prisoners could not be kept in jail factories, kitchens, hospitals, gardens, etc, among ordinary inmates. Separately, Khan and Qureshi were handed down a jail term of 10 years in the cipher case last week as well, according to the paper.

Source: The Telegraph February 05, 2024 19:32 UTC