Sisters of Pakistan’s Imran Khan arrested in Lahore, jailed ex-PM’s party says

South China Morning Post Monday 21 September 2026, 16:59 UTC By Agence France-Presse 1 min read

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Sisters of Pakistan’s Imran Khan arrested in Lahore, jailed ex-PM’s party says The purported arrests, ahead of a protest planned for September 27, involved Khan’s sisters Aleema Khan, Dr Uzma Khan and Noreen Khan 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 and their children were taken into custody but the children were released,” PTI’s information secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram told Agence France-Presse. “All three sisters have been sent to Kot Lakhpat Jail, Lahore,” he added.

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