Authorities in Pakistan have arrested former prime minister Imran Khan’s three sisters, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has alleged.
Aleema Khan, Dr Uzma Khan, and Noreen Khan, who have been calling for Khan’s release, have been sent to Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore, the party said.
Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has termed PTI’s protest call illegal. So far, Pakistani authorities have not released any statement on the matter, but arrests followed PTI’s call for a mega protest on September 27, seeking his release from jail. Khan, who was also a former Pakistan cricket captain, was prime minister from 2018 to 2022 before being removed in a no-confidence vote during a political crisis over tensions between his government and Pakistan’s powerful military establishment. Earlier reporting noted: Pakistan’s Ex-PM Imran Khan’s sister detained by authorities Pakistani authorities on Sunday (September 20, 2026) detained Aleema Khan, the sister of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan , ahead of a planned protest by his party next week. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on September 27 to pressure the government to release the former cricketer-turned-politician from jail.
“Punjab police have raided Aleem Khan’s home and have abducted Imran Khan’s other two sisters, his nephews, and their children,” PTI spokesperson Zulfi Bukhari said on his social media platform X. He said, “We will not allow them to block roads and disrupt people’s lives. Aleema was detained in Lahore and transferred to Kot Lakhpat jail , according to sources.
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