Pakistan bans visits to jailed Imran Khan 

Prison authorities in Pakistan have abruptly banned all meetings and visits to incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

The Punjab provincial administration on Tuesday imposed a two-week blanket ban on visits and meetings at Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, due to security concerns.

The development comes just days after the government announced it had foiled a militant attack on the prison by arresting three individuals with heavy weaponry who were taken to an undisclosed location.

The 71-year-old former Pakistani leader is serving long prison terms in Rawalpindi, a garrison city adjacent to the capital, Islamabad. 

Khan was convicted of graft, leaking state secrets while in office, and a fraudulent marriage just days before national elections last month, charges he rejected as political victimization.