Security tightened around IHC after PTI's call for 'solidarity' protest

Additional security personnel have been deployed around the Islamabad High Court, over protest call by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

The PTI has called for a demonstration today to express solidarity with the judiciary.

Consequently, the security around the Islamabad High Court and surrounding areas has been heightened, with police and Frontier Constabulary (FC) forces being stationed in increased numbers.

Security agencies are on high alert to maintain law and order, ensuring public safety and preventing any untoward incidents.

The tightened security measures come after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan instructed the party to prepare for a major nationwide movement against the incumbent government.

"Start preparing for a mass movement; I will not call people to Islamabad, but we will launch the movement across Pakistan," Imran conveyed through his sister, Aleema Khan, who spoke to the media on Monday.

Speaking outside the jail, Aleema Khan stated that her brother vowed to resist all forms of oppression and torture, declaring that he would never bow down to subjugation.

"Imran Khan has made it clear that even if he spends his entire life behind bars, he will not surrender to pressure," she added.

She highlighted key points shared by her brother, stating that despite being a former prime minister, Imran is being denied basic rights given to ordinary prisoners.

"In the past eight months, he has only been allowed one brief conversation with his children and has not been permitted to meet his sisters," Aleema explained. She said that efforts to send him books have also been blocked by jail authorities, adding, "Even his doctors have been denied access to him."

Imran, through his sister, reaffirmed his stance: "No matter the extent of the torture, I will never accept subjugation. I will not give in."

Aleema also mentioned that her brother believes his wife, Bushra Bibi, was placed in jail as part of a broader effort to apply pressure on him.

The PTI also voiced concern after the IHC’s observation earlier this month that appeals filed by former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, challenging their conviction in the £190 million case, may not be heard this year due to a heavy backlog of pending cases.

The party's call for protest had come the same day that a 13-member largert bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan's began hearing review petitions against its July 12 judgement - a verdict that had handed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) reserved seats in the national and provincial legislatures - but without six of the original judges, including the judgement's author.