
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's three sisters were arrested by Punjab police ahead of a protest march planned for September 27, according to his party's spokesman and information secretary, with the sisters sent to Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore while their children were released.
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Imran Khan, former prime minister of Pakistan, has faced ongoing legal and political challenges since his removal from office, with his party PTI frequently alleging political persecution by authorities.
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.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Further legal proceedings against Imran Khan's sisters will follow their arrest
Likely · Within weeks
The planned protest march for September 27 may proceed despite the arrests
Possible · Within weeks

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