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• Two-judge bench comprising CJP Afridi and Justice Shahid will hear the cases tomorrow
• Court says PTI memorandum on party founder’s visitation rights conveyed to ‘relevant executive authorities’
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has fixed for hearing on Monday (tomorrow) 13 petitions related to Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi, and said PTI’s memorandum seeking jail visitation rights for the party founder has been forwarded to the relevant executive authorities for consideration under the law.
According to the supplementary cause list, a two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Afridi and Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan will hear the petitions at 9am on Monday, including the Punjab government’s appeal against the grant of bail to the PTI founder and his wife.
Further, Imran’s appeal against the case registered against him under the Official Secrets Act and the National Accountability Bureau case against the ex-premier in relation to the Al-Qadir University Trust was also fixed for hearing.
The court will also take up a petition filed against the acquittal of Imran and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case.
Further, the Punjab government’s appeal against bail granted to Imran in May 9 cases was also fixed for hearing.
Also, Imran’s appeal against a Rs10 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was also set to be heard.
PTI memorandum
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Saturday said PTI’s memorandum — requesting immediate jail visitation rights for party founder Imran Khan with his family, doctors, lawyers and friends — had been conveyed to the “relevant executive authorities” for appropriate consideration in accordance with law.
On Friday, the party members and parliamentarians, led by PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, had submitted the memorandum to the SC registrar.
The party had regretted in the memorandum to Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi that Imran’s access to his family and lawyers was again denied on Tuesday, the day fixed by the court for meetings with his relatives and counsels.
In a press release issued on Saturday, the Supreme Court said that on January 30, the KP chief minister and PTI lawmakers gathered outside the court to raise concerns over access to Imran Khan. The registrar met their representatives and assured them that the matter would be brought to the chief justice’s attention.
The statement added that later the same day, PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja conveyed the concerns to the chief justice, but they were referred to the relevant authorities as the issue did not directly relate to proceedings pending before the Supreme Court.
The press release said that in the absence of any response for a week, a delegation — including opposition leaders from the Senate and National Assembly — again approached the Supreme Court on February 6, 2026, and submitted a signed memorandum, which was formally received by the registrar.
It said concerns regarding access to the imprisoned PTI founder and the provision of his medical reports were once again conveyed to the relevant executive authorities.
The statement added that to address such situations in the future, the Supreme Court has issued standard operating procedures (SOPs) to facilitate aggrieved litigants while ensuring accessibility and necessary amenities, including emergency medical cover, without affecting judicial functions, institutional decorum, or the rights of other litigants.
According to the two-page memorandum, the former premier has been incarcerated in Rawalpindi’s Central Jail since Aug 5, 2023. During this period, his rights as a prisoner and a human being have been consistently violated, it alleged.
He had been denied visitation by family, lawyers and friends for long periods of time at the whim and will of the powers that be, it alleged, adding this forced isolation constituted torture under all cannons of international law and our own jurisprudence.
It regretted that orders of the superior courts, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in particular, had been disregarded with impunity. It added that the IHC, despite repeated petitions seeking action for contempt of court, declined to act in order to enforce its orders.
Published in Dawn, February 8th, 2026
