PTI bigwigs Gohar Ali Khan, Salman Akram Raja eye meeting with Imran

The list submitted by Awais Younas Chaudhry Advocate included the names of Barrister Gohar, Salman Akram Raja, Ali Zaman, Haider Majeed, Imran Khan Orakzai and Shamsa Kiyani. The jail administration was requested to allow them to meet the incarcerated party chief on Tuesday in line with the court orders. The list containing the names of Barrister Gohar and Salman Raja came after the PTI interim chairman said in parliament that he hoped that the recent handshake between opposition leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would improve the relationship between the treasury and the opposition benches, and hopefully pave the way for a meeting with Imran Khan. On the other hand, Aleema Khan and other sisters of Imran Khan were also expected to visit Adiala for their meeting, as the Islamabad High Court in its earlier order had allowed family and lawyers to meet Imran every Tuesday. Aleema announced a 10,000-strong protest outside the prison last Tuesday, but the demonstration did not materialise because barely 1,000 supporters turned up. The PTI leaders blamed NA Opposition Leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai, who heads the Tehreek-i-Tahaffuz-i-Ayeen-i-Pakistan alliance, for the failure — an allegation rejected by the alliance spokesperson. ‘Court misled’ The Adiala superintendent informed the Islamabad High Court that the counsel for the PTI founder and his wife Bushra Bibi attempted to mislead the court regarding the sig