Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan and PTI workers held a sit-in at Factory Naka in Rawalpindi yesterday as they were stopped from moving towards Adiala Jail to meet incarcerated former PM. Over the past several weeks, Imran Khan’s family, PTI members and lawyers have not been allowed to meet him in prison, resulting in party leaders holding sit-ins outside the prison every Tuesday and Thursday, as the court has mandated these two days for meeting PTI founder.

 

Aleema Khan said that Imran Khan was being kept in solitary confinement as the government is afraid of him. Meanwhile, PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja said that PTI’s struggle is a national one for democracy and judicial independence. He termed cases against Imran Khan false and punishments unlawful.

 

Imran Khan, who has been in prison since August 23, is serving a 14-year jail sentence at the Adiala jail in a corruption case and faces pending trials under the Anti-Terrorism Act linked to the protests of May 9, 2023.

 

Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi is also serving a seven-year sentence in a 190 million euro corruption case. Last week, Imran Khan issued a call for nationwide protest and announced his intention to challenge the court’s decision in the Toshakhana-II case in the Islamabad High Court. His statement on Saturday came after a Pakistani court sentenced Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years in prison in connection with the Toshakhana -II case.