Jailed Imran again denied family meeting — this time with his cousin as sisters remain in detention
ISLAMABAD: Ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s cousin, Qasim Zaman, reached Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail on Tuesday but was not allowed a meeting with the PTI founder, Awais Younas Chaudhry, a PTI lawyer told Dawn . “We reached there at around 2pm and waited until after 4pm, but a meeting was not allowed,” he said. Imran has been in prison since 2023. The IHC has allowed Imran twice-a-week meetings — on…
Imran Khan's cousin, Qasim Zaman, attempted to meet the PTI founder at Adiala jail on Tuesday but was denied access, according to a PTI lawyer. Imran Khan, who has been incarcerated since 2023, has been permitted meetings with his family twice a week by the IHC. However, his sisters, Aleema Khan, Uzma Khan, and Noreen Niazi, have been detained under the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960, preventing them from reaching the jail to meet him.
On Monday, Zaman revealed that the PTI had decided to have some other family members visit Imran at the jail, in light of his sisters' detention. He submitted a list of lawyers for the meeting but, despite their presence at Adiala from Tuesday afternoon, no meeting was granted. This situation arose following the Supreme Court's interim order on August 18, which directed authorities to allow Imran Khan meetings with his family and a medical checkup at Shifa International Hospital.
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