After Aleema, Imran’s sisters Uzma and Noreen also detained in Lahore under MPO for 30 days
Former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan’s sisters, Dr Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi, were detained for 30 days on Monday, ahead of the party’s September 27 protest call. The development follows the detention of Imran’s other sister, Aleema Khan, after Lahore’s deputy commissioner (DC) ordered her detention or arrest for 30 days on Sunday. The detention has come amid reports of a crackdown…
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan's sisters, Dr Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi, were detained for 30 days on Monday in Lahore, ahead of the party's September 27 protest call. The sisters, along with former prime minister Imran Khan's other sister Aleema Khan, are being held under the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960, following a report of a crackdown on the PTI ahead of the protest.
The Lahore Deputy Commissioner's Office ordered the sisters' detention, stating that they were "prejudicial to the public safety and maintenance of public order". The MPO ordinance allows for the authorities to order detention without judicial review. The sisters were accused of motivating workers to damage public and government property during a May 9 protest, and of mobilizing workers through social media and public meetings to create law and order situations.
PTI has condemned the alleged arrests, calling them a "blatant abuse of authority, a violation of fundamental rights, and an act of political victimisation".
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