LHC directs jail authorities to provide heart medication to Imran's sister Uzma

Lahore's High Court has ordered prison officials to supply heart medication to Dr Uzma Khan, sister of the PTI's founder and former premier Imran Khan. The sisters, Aleema, Noreen, and Uzma, have been under detention for about three weeks under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO). Uzma and Noreen were held for 30 days on September 21, just before the party's protest call on September 27, which was later moved to October 4.

This came a day after Aleema's detention on September 20. On Monday, Justice Abher Gul Khan heard a petition challenging the preventive detention of Imran's sisters. His wife, Ahad Khan, testified that she suffers from a heart condition and requires three medications daily. He asked the court to ensure daily delivery of these medicines to her in prison.

His lawyer, Rana Mudassar Umar, also asked the court to permit Noreen to receive clothes, medicines, and spectacles, as well as to allow family members and lawyers to meet the detained women. The judge directed the jail authorities to supply medicines to Uzma and reserved a decision on the request to summon officials personally.

Earlier, the court had asked for a report on medicines, clothes, and other basic facilities for the sisters and postponed the hearing to October 12. On September 24, the court dismissed a request to suspend the preventive detention orders against Noreen and Uzma. In recent days, Imran's cousin Qasim Zaman was also arrested when he went to Adiala jail to meet the ex-premier, amid reports of a crackdown on the PTI ahead of its nationwide protest and march to Islamabad, calling for Imran's release from jail and rallying support for the Constitution.