Aleema Khan, the sister of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan, led a sit-in near Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail after once again being denied a meeting with the ex-premier.
Uzma Khan, another one of Imran’s sisters, said her incarcerated brother was “perfectly fine” after she was allowed to meet him last week. She was accompanied by scores of PTI supporters who gathered outside the jail as Uzma went inside the prison to meet her brother.
However, last Thursday, the federal government barred her and others from meeting Imran over alleged violations of the prison code.
“There is no room in the [prison] rules for political discussions and it was reported that political discussions occurred, so meetings are now banned for Uzma Khan. This won’t happen,” said Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar.
Speaking in video statements as she made her way to the prison today, Aleema alleged that the state had been breaking the law, while maintaining that the PTI had done nothing illegal.
“If they do operate illegally and we do our work according to the law, and if they are right and we are wrong, then that shows just how our system works,” she said.
