{
  "id": 8961047,
  "title": "Sisters of Pakistan’s Imran Khan arrested in Lahore, jailed ex-PM’s party says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/sisters-of-pakistans-imran-khan-arrested-in-lahore-jailed-ex-pms",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T16:59:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3368301/sisters-pakistans-imran-khan-arrested-lahore-jailed-ex-pms-party-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party announced on Monday that his three sisters have been arrested ahead of a planned protest march on September 27. According to Zulfi Bukhari, a spokesman for Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, the Punjab police raided Aleema Khan's home and took his sisters, nephews, and their children into custody. However, the children were later released, leaving only his three sisters detained. The sisters' names are Aleema Khan, Dr. Uzma Khan, and Noreen Khan. Both Aleema and Uzma were ordered by the Lahore deputy commissioner on Sunday to be detained for 30 days under Punjab's Maintenance of Public Order law. IT minister Attaullah Tarar, on Sunday, labeled the protest call made by Khan's party as illegal and vowed that authorities would prevent it from blocking roads and causing inconvenience to the public. Khan, who has been incarcerated since 2023, faces 17 years in jail on corruption charges, a verdict he and his wife vehemently deny. The 73-year-old ex-cricketer, who served as the nation's leader from 2018 to 2022, lost his position following a no-confidence motion triggered by a political standoff with Pakistan's influential military.",
  "summary": "Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party said on Monday that his three sisters had been arrested ahead of a protest march planned for September 27. “Punjab police have raided Aleema Khan’s home and have abducted Imran Khan’s other two sisters, his nephews and their children,” Zulfi Bukhari, a spokesman for Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, said on social media. “Khan’s sisters…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Detention of Imran's sisters under MPO challenged in LHC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/detention-of-imrans-sisters-under-mpo-challenged-in-lhc",
        "published": "2026-09-21T10:43:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "After Aleema, Imran Khan's two other sisters detained ahead of protest march demanding his release in Pakistan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/after-aleema-imran-khans-two-other-sisters-detained-ahead-of-protest",
        "published": "2026-09-21T12:48:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Pakistan Police Detain 2 More Sisters Of Ex-PM Imran Khan For 30 Days Ahead Of PTI March",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/pakistan-police-detain-2-more-sisters-of-ex-pm-imran-khan-for-30-days",
        "published": "2026-09-21T13:19:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Why have Imran Khan’s three sisters been detained for 30 days?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/why-have-imran-khans-three-sisters-been-detained-for-30-days",
        "published": "2026-09-21T14:37:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Imran Khan's 3 Sisters Arrested Ahead Of His Party's Planned Protest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/imran-khans-3-sisters-arrested-ahead-of-his-partys-planned-protest",
        "published": "2026-09-21T15:55:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}