Senior lawyer Latif Khosa who appeared as Imran Khans counsel in a case today and at least others were rescued safely on Friday after they got trapped in a malfunctioning elevator at the Islamabad High Court IHC . Khosa had exited the courtroom after the conclusion of a hearing on a plea seeking suspension of the former premiers threeyear jail sentence in the Toshakhana case .
On the way back he and others got stuck in the elevator after it stopped functioning . Video footage showed dozens of people including lawyers gathered outside the elevators entrance on the IHCs second floor as lawyers improvised ways to get the trapped persons out while a person also held a pedestal fan to enhance airflow towards the elevator .
When the elevator doors were finally opened Khosa and others emerged one by one from the darkened elevator as its lights had shut . The elevator screen continued to switch between displaying and ER. Soon a video shot inside the elevator emerged showing the trapped people while one of them counted their number to .
Eventually a fire and rescue team was called on the spot which was called specifically to resolve the issue . Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon quoted technical people saying that the elevator had the capacity for people or kilograms . The Supreme Bar Association expressed deep concerns over the incident .
The SCBA called for an immediate investigation to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident to determine whether it was ironic that it was not to determine if the incident was to determine what the incident had happened . Islamabad DC Memon said that overloading the elevator may have caused the incident.
The rescue team also said that the incident may have occurred . The DC said that it would not be an accident and that the rescue team had been an accident or an accident.
