Aleema Khan, the sister of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan, led a protest sit-in at Rawalpindi’s Factory Naka on Tuesday. Police prevented her and PTI workers from proceeding to Adiala Jail for a scheduled meeting with the former prime minister.
For several weeks, court-mandated visitation rights on Tuesdays and Thursdays have been consistently denied to Imran Khan’s family, lawyers, and party members. This has prompted recurring protests near the prison, which police have sometimes dispersed using water cannons and baton charges.
In a video statement posted on PTI’s official social media, Aleema Khan stood before a police-installed riot fence. She alleged her brother was being held in “solitary confinement.”
مزاکرات ایک ڈرامہ ہے جھوٹ ہے جب بھی عمران خان احتجاج کی کال دیتے مزاکرات کی باتیں شروع ہوجاتی ہیں۔ عمران خان نے کہا ہے ان فارم 47 والوں سے کیا بات چیت ہوسکتی ان کے تو اپنے ہاتھ میں کچھ نہیں ہے یہ تو ملازمت کررہے ہیں۔ اگر فیلڈ مارشل نے مزاکرات کی بات کرنی ہے پہلے یہ بتائے ہمارے… pic.twitter.com/JFvRN5SqUY
— PTI (@PTIofficial) December 23, 2025She accused the government of becoming “so fearful of Imran’s message that they had resorted to breaking the law,” referencing the heavy police presence.
Read: Aleema Khan Leads Adiala Jail Sit-In After Being Denied Meeting with Imran Khan
The protest follows an official statement on Monday. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry announced that all meetings with Imran Khan would remain suspended until February 8, 2026.
ہم دھرنہ دے کر دنیا کو دکھا رہے ہیں کہ عمران خان اور بشری بی بی کو قید تنہائی میں ڈال کر ان کا آئینی اور قانونی حق چھینا جارہا ہے ان ذہنی اذیت دی جارہی ہے۔ ہم اس لیے یہاں بیٹھ رہے ہم عمران خان کو اکیلا نہیں چھوڑیں گے۔ علیمہ خان pic.twitter.com/8DzYpLSWPb
— PTI (@PTIofficial) December 23, 2025Imran Khan has been imprisoned since August 2023. He is currently serving a 14-year sentence in the £190 million corruption case. His wife, Bushra Bibi, is also serving a sentence in the same case. Furthermore, he faces pending trials under the Anti-Terrorism Act for the May 9, 2023 events.
جس دن عمران خان احتجاج کی کال دیتے ہیں اس دن ہی آپ مذاکرات پر سوال شروع کردیتے ہو، مجھے پتا ہے کہ کس کس کو یہ سوال دے کر بیجھا گیا ہے
علیمہ خان
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— PTI (@PTIofficial) December 23, 2025The family has repeatedly expressed concern over his jail conditions. These concerns were echoed by a United Nations special rapporteur, who warned that Imran Khan’s detention conditions could amount to “inhuman or degrading treatment.”
