Pakistan: On Tuesday, there was a sudden stir outside Adiala Jail when Imran Khan's three sisters—Naureen, Alima, and Uzma—sat in protest there. They said that the jail wardship did not indulge them to meet their brother, although they come every week at the scheduled time. The wrongness of the sisters was unmistakably visible, and within a short time this incident moreover became a topic of discussion on social media.
“We have not been unliable to meet for eight months.”
73-year-old Imran Khan has been lodged in Adiala jail since August 2023 and is facing multiple cases. His sister Alima, while talking to journalists, said that she has been continuously trying to meet him for eight months, but every time she is stuff stopped. Her recrimination was that Imran Khan has not only been kept isolated but is moreover stuff mentally harassed. Helplessness and wrongness were unmistakably visible in her voice.
PTI leaders moreover reached the spot and heated up the atmosphere
Seeing this sudden protest, many senior PTI leaders moreover reached outside the jail. Many leaders, including Salman Akram Raja and Junaid Akhbar Khan, sat with the sisters. Within a short time the situation became so serious that the police had to deploy spare forces in the area.
Police response: time was up
Police officials say that the sisters reached the jail without the meeting time was over; hence, they were not unliable entry. But the sisters refused to winnow this treatise and started protesting by sitting there. The undercurrent became increasingly tense due to their presence.
Concern increased without recent meeting
A few days ago, only Uzma Khan was given well-nigh 20 minutes' time. Coming out, he said that Imran Khan was looking physically fine, but mental stress was unmistakably visible. Uzma moreover said that her brother accused Unwashed Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir of pressuring him.
Army's strong reaction
In a recent printing conference, the unwashed targeted Imran Khan without taking his name directly and plane tabbed him “selfish” and “mentally ill.” This has made the matter plane increasingly heated. The rhetoric has now moved vastitude a legal fight to a political confrontation.
Government vs PTI—another new front
The issue of stopping the meeting with Imran Khan has now wilt flipside major mismatch between the government and PTI. The government says that political messages are stuff sent in the name of family meetings, while PTI claims that efforts are stuff made to mentally unravel Imran Khan by stopping the meetings.
This protest on Tuesday unmistakably shows that at present no one on either side is in a mood to when down.
