{
  "id": 12550948,
  "title": "Families move LHC to meet Imran’s detained sisters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/families-move-lhc-to-meet-imrans-detained-sisters",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T04:59:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2035289/families-move-lhc-to-meet-imrans-detained-sisters"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Families of Imran Khan's detained sisters have filed civil applications in the Lahore High Court, requesting permission for their lawyers and family members to meet the sisters. The petitioners are Shah Raiz Khan, Aleema Khan's son, and Sakeena Niazi, Noreen Niazi's daughter. Their claims revolve around the alleged denial of medical care and the prohibition of visits from family and counsel. The sisters, Aleema Khan, Noreen Niazi, and Dr Uzma Khan, have been held in preventive detention for 30 days, prior to the PTI's planned protest in Islamabad. Despite the families' claims of improper detainment, the court declined to intervene on September 24.",
  "summary": "LAHORE: The families of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan’s detained sisters have approached the Lahore High Court, seeking permission for themselves and their lawyers to meet Aleema Khan, Noreen Niazi and Dr Uzma Khan. Advocate Rana Mudassar Umar filed two separate civil miscellaneous applications on behalf of Shah Raiz Khan, son of Aleema Khan, and Sakeena Niazi,…",
  "key_points": [
    "Families of Imran Khan's detained sisters file civil applications in Lahore High Court.",
    "Petitioners Shah Raiz Khan and Sakeena Niazi claim denial of medical care and visit restrictions.",
    "Court declines to intervene on September 24 despite families' claims of improper detainment."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}