PTI chief Yasmin Rashid was admitted to Lahore’s Providers Hospital on Wednesday after falling unconscious in Kot Lakhpat Jail, in response to her lawyer.
Yasmin has been in jail for nearly a yr now in reference to a number of circumstances in opposition to her relating to the occasions of Could 9, 2023, when countrywide protests and riots broke out after the arrest of PTI founder Imran Khan.
She was first detained on Could 12 final yr below the Upkeep of Public Order Ordinance and later arrested for her alleged involvement within the Could 9 riots.
Her lawyer Rana Mudassir advised Daybreak.com her situation in jail had been very unhealthy since yesterday and that she was not supplied medical therapy amenities.
“[Medical] therapy was not supplied [to her] regardless of steady vomiting and an upset abdomen since yesterday. Immediately, she fainted in jail and was dropped at Providers Hospital through an ambulance.”
He mentioned she fainted on account of warmth in her jail cell and ingesting contaminated water whereas not being supplied any therapy.
Speaking to Daybreak.com, former PTI chief and federal minister Fawad Chaudhry mentioned that Dr Yasmin was 70 years outdated, a most cancers affected person and had been in jail for a yr.
“It’s unhappy that Yasmin Rashid isn’t getting fundamental well being amenities. It is a travesty of justice,” he mentioned, including that her therapy in addition to of different PTI ladies prisoners confirmed the Structure was not being applied within the nation.
“Detention of prisoners for such lengthy durations with out trial isn’t allowed below the Structure. This exhibits that the Structure has been suspended in Pakistan. Supreme Courtroom ought to take discover of political prisoners,” he mentioned.