Lawyers say police stopped them from meeting Musharraf

Leaders and lawyers of former President Pervez Musharraf said Sunday they were not allowed to meet him at his farmhouse in Chak Shehzad.

Musharraf house has been declared as sub-jail and all rules including meetings have now been restricted.

Dr Amjad, leader of the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), regretted restrictions on Musharraf’s lawyers.

The anti-terrorism court on Saturday sent Musharraf on two-week judicial remand and the authorities later decided to keep him at his home over security concerns.

The private security deployed at the 5000 acre farmhouse in the outskirts of Islamabad was also removed along with all communication facilities provided to the General (retired) Pervez Musharraf.

The APML chief has been confined to two-rooms at his palatial residence. Civilians were also prohibited from visiting the area around the residence of the former military dictator and the surrounding locality is under strict security surveillance with the help of CCTV cameras.

Party leader Dr Mohammad Amjad said that the food provided to the former president was not being checked and that the Punjab government would be responsible for any untoward incident in this regards. Spokesperson of the former president told the media that the conditions in the sub-jail were worse than those in Adiala jail.

This statement came despite the fact that Musharraf enjoyed a home-made breakfast of fresh juice, jam, bread and tea on the first day of his detention, according to reports by local media. However, prisoners at Adiala and other jails across the country regularly fall ill due to the lack of a nutritious diet.

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