The Punjab government in Pakistan has extended the detention of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s three sisters for another 30 days under a public safety law, an official said on Monday (October 26, 2026).
The sisters were detained amid PTI’s efforts to organise nationwide protests demanding Mr. Khan’s release. Former federal minister and PTI leader Moonis Elahi termed the detention illegal, alleging that the government was using preventive detention to target the party and its leadership. “Preventive detention cannot be used as a substitute for ordinary criminal law.
Khan’s three sisters for another 30 days, on the recommendation of the Lahore deputy commissioner. The former Prime Minister, 74, has been in jail since August 2023 and faces multiple cases, which he and his party have described as politically motivated.
PTI leaders criticised the Punjab government, led by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, over the extension of the detention orders, questioning the need to hold the sisters when, they said, they were not wanted in any criminal case. Their detention is politically motivated and part of a wider crackdown on the party and its leadership,” he said, calling for the sisters’ immediate release. An assistant advocate general of Punjab informed the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday that the government had extended the detention of Mr.
