Salman Raja picks names of party leaders for meeting with Imran Khan

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Salman Akram Raja on Monday sent to the Adiala Jail superintendent a list of the party leaders who could meet the jailed former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan in jailed.

Names of Salman Akram Raja, Niazulla Niazi, Mashal Yousafzai, Mubashar Naswana, Mubashar Rehman and Chaudhry Zaheer Abbas are on the list and they will meet Imran Khan on Tuesday.

Two weeks ago, Raja registered protest with Adiala Jail administration at gate no 5 for allowing Baber Awan to meet PTI founder Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi. He told the jail administration that only recommended names will be sent to meet Imran Khan. He said Islamabad High Court has settled the issue therefore the jail administration should include the names of Azam Swati, Hamid Khan and Aziz Bhindari in the meeting list.

Salman Akram Raja demanded inclusion of the names of Salman Safdar and Usman Gul on behalf of Bushra Bibi. “You should remove Babar Awan's name from the list, we did not give that name”, Salman Akram Raja told jail staff.

He told the jail staff, “If you send Babar Awan, I will protest at the same place, if you stop Babar Awan, we will go for a meeting,” Salman Akram Raja told the administration.

After stopping Babar Awan, Salman Akram Raja, Naeem Haider Panjhota, Zaheer Abbas Chaudhry and Niazullah Niazi left for the jail for the meeting. Later Babar Awan also meet Imran Khan in Adiala Jail.