Authorities originally detained the three sisters under 30-day preventive orders ahead of a planned September 27 demonstration by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party. Although the scheduled march never took place, the federal government responded forcefully by suspending the PTI-led provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi Khan were freed from Kot Lakhpat maximum-security prison, but their sister Aleema Khan remains in custody. Opposition figures and family representatives continue to condemn the detentions as arbitrary political persecution.
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The federal government previously suspended the PTI-led provincial administration of Khyb…: The federal government previously suspended the PTI-led provincial administration of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following the planned demonstration.
The releases occurred just one day after 74-year-old Imran Khan was transferred to an Isl…: The releases occurred just one day after 74-year-old Imran Khan was transferred to an Islamabad hospital for medical treatment.
Party leaders and relatives are demanding the immediate release of Aleema Khan while rais…: Party leaders and relatives are demanding the immediate release of Aleema Khan while raising alarms over the condition of Khan's right eye.
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Uzma and Noreen released from a Lahore jail but Aleema Khan still detained nearly two months after their arrest.
Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi Khan, sisters of Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, have been released from prison, their lawyer and Khan’s political party said.
“Dr Uzma Khan and Ms Noreen Niazi have been released. They have arrived home safely,” lawyer Mudassar Umer said in a post on X on Thursday.
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The sisters were released from Kot Lakhpat maximum-security prison in Lahore, nearly two months after they were arrested. A third sister, Aleema Khan, who was detained the same day as Uzma and Noreen, remains in jail, Imran Khan party’s the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said.
“Aleema Khan remains behind bars. The release of two sisters does not end the injustice…
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