Another case of political interference in official matters has emerged after Punjab Minister for Prisons Zawar Hussain visited the Kot Lakhpat Jail late on Thursday and allegedly visited barracks lodging high-profile sectarian terrorists. The reports stated that the minister entered the jail forcibly in the wee hours and did not allow senior officials and jail superintendent to accompany him as he went to meet the inmates. These shocking revelations were made by the Kot Lakhpat Jail Ijaz Asghar in a detailed report which was sent to Punjab Inspector General of Prisons Mirza Shahid Saleem Baig. In this fresh incident, the jail superintendent, in his report, highlighted serious violations of the prison rules and the ‘suspicious activities’ of the said minister and his companions. “The minister stopped the jail superintendent to accompany him and also did not allow him to enter the premises of the jail,” says the report.

Source: Pakistan Today September 29, 2018 08:48 UTC