The PTI has set up a three-member committee aimed at providing legal aid and welfare support to its members incarcerated in Punjab and their families.

PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja has formally notified the committee, called the ‘PTI Punjab Legal and Welfare Committee’. Haider Majeed, Faiza Murad and Ali Ijaz Buttar have been named members of the committee.

The notification states: “The PTI hereby announces the constitution of the PTI Punjab Legal and Welfare Committee for the support of party members who have been convicted or are currently incarcerated as well as for the welfare of their families.

“All matters concerning the imprisonment, legal proceedings and welfare of PTI-affiliated prisoners and their families in the province of Punjab may be referred to any member of the committee,” it added.

The committee will convene meetings as required and will remain in close coordination with the party leadership, it said.

It further stated that it would keep the office of the secretary general fully informed of all developments and issues requiring support or intervention at the provincial or central level.

“The PTI remains committed to providing legal assistance and welfare support to its members and their families in these challenging times,” the notification added.

The development comes amid concerns among PTI workers, who felt as if they were being ignored as all the attention was focused on getting party founder Imran Khan released from jail.

They were of the view that every week a number of workers were being arrested from outside Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, where the PTI stages sit-ins every week after being denied meetings with Imran, but they were being ignored by the party leadership.