Overview
- Visiting hours at Adiala ended without access for the PTI founder’s family, prompting a roadside sit-in led by his sisters near the factory checkpoint.
- Rawalpindi Police cited Section 144 and night-visit rules and said water cannon was used after protesters allegedly stoned officers and attempted vandalism.
- PTI accepted a government proposal for a committee to review the jailed leader’s facilities, recommending Rana Sanaullah as chair and including PTI lawyers and lawmakers.
- PTI leader Asad Qaiser called for a judicial inquiry into the incident and announced a national conference on December 20–21 as the party outlines a political response.
- The sit-in was dispersed around 2:00 a.m., opposition lawmakers displayed posters in the National Assembly, and jail sources said there is no plan to transfer the PTI founder from Adiala.