Sisters of imprisoned Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) Foundation Chairman Imran Khan was once again stopped from meeting him in Adiala Prison on Tuesday, which received a roadway protest from Aleema Khan outside the facility.
On what was planned as a visitor day for Imran, family members of his wife Bushra Bibi as well as several lawyers arrived at the prison in Rawalpindi.
However, when IMRAN’s sisters tried to pass through the Gorakhpur checkpoint, however, they were denied entry. In protest, Aleema Khan left his vehicle and sat on the sidewalk and refused to leave.
In a speech with journalists, Aleema said police had previously detained and left them in an isolated area after a similar attempt to meet their brother. “If they stop us here again, we are sitting right here. They deceived us last time, we will not move today,” she said.
When asked about the prison administration’s earlier claim that Khan did not want to meet his family, Aleema laughed the proposal.
“Is it something that anyone would think? He demanded a meeting and made noise inside the prison for it,” she said, quoting a family vitne.
She also claimed that the authorities used the delay of tactics and created obstacles to prevent them from seeing him.
Aleema added that unless all three sisters were allowed together, they would escalate their protest.
“We do not accept any minus-en formula. Either we go together or not at all,” she told journalists.
Legal representatives, including Barrister Ali Zafar and Barrister Gohar, were also present outside the prison, although Aleema said they were also asked not to advocate for the family’s visit.
Similar scenes unfolded earlier this month when the sisters were stopped in the same place, briefly detained and later fell far from the place.
The incident has caused concern among PTI supporters on restrictions on IMRAN’s access to his family.
Imran Khan, the country’s former prime minister, remains jailed on several charges as legal battles continue to follow his government’s radiance through a parliamentary vote on non-confidence in 2022.
