• Noreen insists their Adiala visits remained peaceful, ‘never created law and order situation’
• PTI demands end to founder’s ‘solitary confinement’, urges judiciary to enforce its orders
• Salman Akram Raja says lawyers ready to raise their voice for justice
ISLAMABAD: After the Adiala jail administration did not allow the sisters of Imran Khan to meet him after Eid, the PTI termed the ban on meetings a violation of fundamental rights and demanded an immediate end to his alleged solitary confinement.
Mr Khan’s sisters reached the prison in Rawalpindi on Tuesday for their weekly visit but were informed that they wouldn’t be allowed to meet their brother, who underwent an eye procedure for the third time in recent weeks.
In response to a question about Mr Khan’s treatment at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), his sister Aleema Khan told reporters that it was crucial to identify why her brother was facing this medical issue. On Monday, the hospital said the PTI founder was brought to Pims for a third dose of an anti-VEGF intravitreal injection.
Ms Khan was also questioned why the government was insisting on Imran’s sons — who live with their mother in the United Kingdom — travelling to Pakistan on their National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (Nicops) to meet their father instead of issuing visas for them to travel on British passports.
She said the government was not issuing Nicops to Mr Khan’s sons either, wondering why the government was insisting that they visit Pakistan on this document instead of a visa. Ms Khan, however, lamented that Eid had passed, but she was not allowed to see her brother.
The government, however, allowed Mr Khan to speak to his sons via phone on Saturday.
Noreen Niazi, however, added that there was no law in the country. “We have come here so many times, but not a single piece of public property has been damaged. So the allegation that PTI creates a law and order situation is wrong,” she added.
PTI General Secretary Salman Akram Raja said that lawyers were ready to protest and raise their voice for justice, despite the fact that the government allegedly tried its best to divide the community.
‘Blatant violation’
Meanwhile, the PTI condemned the continued denial of permission for former prime minister Imran Khan to meet his sisters, terming it a blatant violation of fundamental human and constitutional rights. It also urged the judiciary to enforce its orders.
In a strongly worded statement issued by the PTI Central Media Department on Tuesday, the party condemned the government, stating that it not only violated the law but also “undermined the credibility of the justice system”.
The PTI highlighted that Imran Khan has been held in “prolonged solitary confinement”, which constituted a clear breach of internationally recognised human rights standards, including the United Nations Mandela Rules. According to these principles, extended solitary confinement amounted to physical and psychological torture, the party added.
It demanded that Imran Khan be immediately granted access to his family, legal counsel, and political leadership; be removed from solitary confinement; be provided unhindered access to his personal physicians; and be shifted without delay to Shifa International Hospital for essential medical treatment.
Published in Dawn, March 25th, 2026
