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

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• Adiala superintendent claims counsel deliberately avoided collecting signed ‘power of attorney’ document, accuses them of ‘misleading’ court • Daughter seeks action against jail staff for ‘mistreating’ Bushra Bibi ISLAMABAD: As political tensions deescalate in parliament, PTI interim chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and Secretary General Salman Akram were among lawyers whose names had been shared with the Adiala jail administration for a meeting with former prime minister Imran Khan, who has been in jail on multiple charges since 2023. 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 w…