Rejecting media reports that she is opposing meetings between Imran Khan and party leaders, Aleema Khan questioned how she could stop such meetings when she herself has been unable to meet her brother.
“People across Pakistan are demanding the release of Imran Khan. The whole world is raising the same demand. Just wait and see — people will come out of their homes and secure his release. Moreover, as the global situation changes, I am hopeful he will be released,” Ms Khan said while talking to media persons outside Adiala jail.
“We are waiting here to find out whether we will be allowed to meet Imran. I believe we will not be granted permission, as they want to hide his health condition and what has been done to him. We had requested the chief justice to allow his medical treatment at Shifa International Hospital. We do not insist on meetings if he is allowed proper medical treatment,” she added.
She said the Chief Justice had forwarded the request for medical treatment to chief commissioner, who comes under Mohsin Naqvi.
Replying to a question about attacks from Afghanistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ms Khan said she feels pain for every martyr but added that such questions should be directed to the provincial government. She also stressed that there should be no tensions between Muslims.
Open letter
Meanwhile, in an open letter shared by their counsel, Rana Mudassar Umer, PTI leaders Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Yasmin Rashid, Ejaz Chaudhry, Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed, and Omar Sarfraz Cheema warned that the hard-earned macroeconomic stability achieved over the past three years — largely by placing financial strain on ordinary citizens — could dissipate within the next three weeks if the Gulf conflict persists.
Pakistan’s fragile economy has been further exacerbated by a lack of economic restructuring measures and internal disagreements over economic strategy, effectively undermining the chances of reaching a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund , according to five senior PTI leaders currently incarcerated in Kot Lakhpat Jail.
Titled “From Kot Lakhpat with Love: Protected from Supersonic Missiles, Pakistanis Have Been Hit by Oil and Gas Missiles”, the letter while commenting on the country’s economic situation states that it is becoming increasingly difficult to meet the performance criteria agreed upon during the formulation of the current fiscal year’s budget.
