Parliament Lodges declared sub-jail for arrested PTI MNAs

Following a high-stakes emergency meeting, it has been decided to convert Parliament Lodges into a sub-jail for the arrested National Assembly members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

The decision was announced after a series of emergency meetings held in the chamber of Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, which included key figures such as Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, and PPP leader Syed Naveed Qamar.

The meeting, which aimed to address the situation of PTI members currently in custody, concluded with the agreement to use Parliament Lodges for the detention of these members.

Interior Minister Naqvi subsequently visited the speaker’s chamber to inform Speaker Ayaz Sadiq about the decision. All arrested PTI members were also present in the speaker’s chamber at that time. The production orders for the detained PTI members will remain valid for the upcoming 16th session of the National Assembly.

Speaker Ayaz Sadiq approved the decision to use the Parliament Lodges as sub-jail for the PTI MNAs, after which all the arrested PTI members were made to sign relevant forms. The PTI members are likely to be transferred to Parliament Lodges today.

Earlier, an in-camera meeting of a special committee, chaired by Syed Khurshid Shah, also took place to discuss and streamline the proceedings of parliament. Key participants included Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, federal officials, and members of various political parties. However, Dar and Naveed Qamar left to attend another important meeting where they were joined by Mohsin Naqvi also.