A sit-in led by Aleema Khan, the sister of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan, continued on Tuesday night near Rawalpindi\u2019s Adiala jail after she was once again denied a meeting with the ex-premier.<\/p>\n
The sit-in continued into the night, with party leaders and supporters present on Adiala road as of midnight.<\/p>\n
Senior party members, including PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja and PTI KP Provincial President Junaid Akbar Khan, also joined the demonstration earlier tonight.<\/p>\n
The PTI has made multiple attempts to meet the incarcerated party founder, being denied an audience each time by jail authorities despite a court order allowing meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays.<\/p>\n
However, last week, the authorities allowed Uzma Khan, another one of Imran\u2019s sisters, to meet her incarcerated brother. After the visit, she said he was \u201cperfectly fine\u201d.<\/p>\n
Speaking in video statements as she made her way to the prison today, Aleema alleged that the state had been breaking the law, while maintaining that the PTI had done nothing illegal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they do operate illegally and we do our work according to the law, and if they are right and we are wrong, then that shows just how our system works,\u201d she said,<\/p>\n
She then highlighted that Imran has not been allowed to meet his personal physician for the past 14 months.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is the issue in allowing one doctor to meet Imran Khan?\u201d she asked. \u201cWhen Nawaz Sharif went to jail, a doctor was with him all day, counting his platelets.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat sort of system is this?\u201d<\/p>\n
On the other hand police contacted Imran\u2019s sisters twice and suggested that they leave. Later, a heavy contingent of police was deployed, giving the impression that a crackdown could ensue at any time.<\/p>\n
Aleema then exited her car and began to walk towards Adiala jail, accompanied by a large crowd of party members and supporters. She made it to Gorakhpur Market on Adiala Road \u2014 roughly a kilometre southwest of the prison \u2014 before being stopped by riot police.<\/p>\n
Sitting at the police barricade, Aleema delivered another statement on video.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is unconstitutional and illegal. Why are they keeping Imran Khan isolated and tortured?\u201d she asked. \u201cThese people are violating the Constitution and breaking the law.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will not move from here; they can beat us with sticks or shoot us,\u201d Aleema added. \u201cDo what you will.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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