Noreen Niazi, one among the three sisters of jailed and frail Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, expressed anxiety over the uncertainty looming about her brother’s situation in penitentiary, asserting that the authorities haven’t allowed her and others to fulfill him for over four weeks.
Speaking to ANI, Niazi highlighted the oppression confronted by the cricketer-grew to become-politician, claiming that the authorities had been intentionally maintaining recordsdata about his situation in penitentiary, withholding entry to reach him.
“We don’t know anything. They are not telling us anything, nor are they letting anybody meet him. His party’s people went there because they had a meeting scheduled, but they were not allowed inside. We have not been allowed to meet him for the last four weeks. We got to know that news was circulating in India that he had been killed,” she stated.
Niazi lambasted the Pakistani establishment, claiming that police had been given free hand to tackle those standing with Imran Khan. Criticising the incidents connected to police brutality, she stated that police had been allowed to “beat up” people, including childhood, ladies, and the elderly, without the dread of facing any penalties.
“The police have been ordered to stop us and, I believe, also permitted to do to us whatever they want. This has never happened in Pakistan before. No one has ever disrespected women like this, nor has anyone been oppressed this way. This is the first time in Pakistan that these people have been allowed to beat up people like there won’t be any consequences, without considering if it’s a child, an elderly person, or a woman in front of them. The world is aware of what’s happening in Pakistan,” she asserted.
Earlier, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Thursday reached Rawalpindi’s Adiala Penitentiary, where Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, had been held in connection with a web of corruption costs.
The KP CM, in conjunction with other PTI lawmakers and supporters, gathered in entrance of the penitentiary to converse rising issues about Khan’s health, fueled by claims from the frail PM’s sister, Aleema Khan, who changed into denied permission to fulfill him.
Rumours of Khan’s death also emerged in media experiences. Alternatively, the Adiala Penitentiary administration dismissed these rumours on Wednesday and claimed that the frail PM remains lodged within the Rawalpindi penitentiary and changed into in fair health.
When asked in regards to the closing assembly with her brother, Niazi recalled the time when Imran Khan changed into kept in isolation for nearly about three weeks closing year, without a electricity. She stated it violated the penitentiary manual, which specifies that isolation could per chance additionally no longer exceed four days.
She claimed that Khan is now being meted out the similar treatment.
“He is going through a tough time alone. He is in isolation. As per the jail manual, one can’t be placed in isolation for more than four days. But he was put in isolation for three weeks last year as well, during which electricity was switched off during summer, and he wasn’t even allowed to read books. The same has been done now. No one knows what’s happening inside the jail. This is the pinnacle of oppression,” Niazi stated.
She prolonged solidarity with the “poor and innocent” people lodged in penitentiary, staunch devour her brother, and warned of resistance from the people.
“I believe there will be a spark among people soon, and they will see the level to which the people go. They have oppressed us so much. I worry about my brother, but I also worry about the poor and innocent people who are in jails,” Niazi stated.
