Islamabad: According to The Express Tribune, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has laid out a new protocol for meetings with Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan who is now detained.

A five-member committee would be established to oversee and authorise the list of those permitted to see Khan, PTI stated in a statement released after a meeting of the political committee.

According to The Express Tribune, the list would be finalised every Tuesday and Thursday and sent to jail officials via one of three chosen focal persons: Salman Akram Raja, Gohar Ali Khan, or Intizar Panjhotha. The PTI issued a warning that the PTI founder would not be able to meet with anybody not on the authorised list. Any member who disobeys this regulation will be deemed to have violated the party’s rules.

Should prison authorities deny any authorised visitors access, the remaining committee members will demonstrate by gathering with Khan as a group. According to The Express Tribune, in such instances, the party created by Imran Khan said it will sue the authorities for contempt. The PTI said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government personnel would not be subject to this regulation and may visit Khan whenever they wanted without the committee’s consent.

According to Dawn, the PTI’s decision follows a breach that arose among the party leadership over access to party founder Imran Khan after his sisters were denied the opportunity to see him at Adiala Jail on Tuesday, but a group of attorneys was permitted to continue with a planned meeting.

Party sources claim that Aleema Khan and other family members were prevented from seeing the former prime minister on April 8 by the prison administration. Nonetheless, five attorneys were permitted to see Imran Khan in prison, including Barristers Gohar Ali Khan and Ali Zafar.

PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja, who was also denied the opportunity to see Khan, strongly criticised this action. In accordance with the Islamabad High Court’s orders allowing two visits each week, the PTI had presented a list of six attorneys for the meeting; however, Raja’s name was taken off the final list that the prison officials had authorised.

Salman Akram Raja was given coordinating duties by the Islamabad High Court, which also ordered Khan to be permitted to hold meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Those who were not on the authorised list should not see Khan, Raja said Tuesday evening after being refused entrance, adding that “other leaders should also refrain from meeting the former prime minister as long as Imran Khan’s sisters were not being allowed to meet him.”