Pakistan releases two sisters of ex-PM Imran Khan from jail
Summary
Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi Khan, sisters of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, have been released from a prison in Lahore after nearly two months in detention. Their sister Aleema remains in jail, while Imran Khan was taken to a hospital in Islamabad for medical treatment the day before their release.Key Facts
- A lawyer and Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party said Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi Khan had been released and returned home.
- The sisters were released from Kot Lakhpat maximum-security prison in Lahore.
- A third sister, Aleema Khan, remains in jail, according to PTI.
- The three sisters were arrested before a planned PTI protest march on September 27 and placed under 30-day detention orders.
- Pakistan’s government said it detained the sisters because they could pose a threat to law and order ahead of the march.
- The planned march on Islamabad did not take place.
- Imran Khan has been jailed since August 2023; his party says his convictions were politically motivated.
- Khan was taken to a hospital in Islamabad for medical treatment one day before his sisters’ release.
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