Aleema Khan, sister of the prisoner former Prime Minister Imran Khan, responded on Tuesday to the claims that her brother was no longer relevant in the country’s policy when the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly adopted the provincial budget for the financial year 2025-26.
In a speech with the media outside Adiala Prison in Rawalpindi, Aleema was asked if ‘Imran Khan is minus’ – a reference to the claim that the PTI founder has lost relevance in national policy – had happened. “I think minus Imran Khan has happened,” she replied.
She made the comments while responding to the ruling Alliance’s claims that Khan has become politically irrelevant.
When she talked to journalists outside the central prison ADYALA, Rawalpindi, she said, “If the police will stop us, let them. We are not afraid.” She said the government feared reaching the PTI founder’s message to the public.
She expressed her dissatisfaction with the approval of KPS budget without the nod of the PTI founder, she said: “We do not know why [the KP govt] Was in a busy time passing on the budget. “
CP chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur-led government didn’t even wait for two days, she added.
“We don’t know what was hidden from the PTI founder in the budget. I’m surprised that KP legislators didn’t even discuss it,” she added.
Meanwhile, Aleema, along with the PTI workers, tried to reach the Adiala prison to meet Khan, but police prevented them from entering the prison premises.
The 71-year-old cricketer-facing politician has been behind pillars since August 2023, after he was booked in several cases ranging from corruption to terrorism since his radiance from power via the opposition movement without Trust in April 2022.
Last month, the Prime Minister’s adviser to political affairs Rana Sanaullah had said that any prospects of an agreement or relief for the PTI founder remained out of reach because of what he described as ‘extreme distrust’ between the former prime minister and the country’s establishment. Talking to The newsSanaullah said that although rumors of negotiations or the back door occasionally surfaces, the grounded reality is sharply different.
“With such a level of distrust, how can Khan be offered an appointment or relief?” he asked, dismissing creepy any speculation about a breakthrough.
Rana reiterated his long -term position that dialogue among political parties was the only viable way forward.
