Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan’s sisters, Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi, were released from prison after their detention orders were withdrawn, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) legal counsel Rana Mudassar Umer said.
Umer said the two had returned home, Dawn reported. They were detained in September ahead of a PTI protest.
Party seeks medical care, family access for Imran Khan’s sister
PTI leader Sheikh Waqas Akram shared a statement issued by the party’s central media department on X, saying the party had learnt that Noreen Niazi was taken to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology after falling ill in jail. The lawyer added that her family had not been informed about her deteriorating health. Umer also alleged that jail authorities were denying medicines to Imran Khan’s sisters.
“The alleged illegal detention of 70-year-old Noreen Niazi, the risks to her health, and her hospital transfer without taking the family into confidence are extremely serious matters, on which the Punjab government and relevant authorities must provide immediate clarification,” the PTI said in a statement. “Turning political affiliation into a crime and holding women in detention for political pressure is unacceptable in any civilised and democratic society,” it said. The PTI’s statement came after Noreen Niazi’s lawyer, Rana Mudassar Umer, said she was transferred to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology on Wednesday on the recommendation of jail doctors, according to Dawn.
