Two sisters of Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), were released from Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore after 50 to 52 days in custody, sources said. Noreen Niazi and Dr Uzma Khan were freed on the same day their detention orders were reportedly withdrawn. A third sister, Aleema Khan, remains in the same jail.
Detention and release
Both women had been held under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO), a preventive detention law that lets authorities keep a person in custody for a set period. Preventive detention is different from a jail sentence after a trial, because it is meant to hold a person on grounds of public order rather than for a proven offence. Sources said the detention was linked to protests and was later extended, and reports say the sisters were placed under detention ahead of a PTI long march.
The figures vary slightly. Some reports put the detention at 50 days, while a PTI-linked account on X said the sisters had spent 52 days in what it called illegal detention, and that they were freed at 1:49 pm. Because of this difference, the 50 to 52 day range is the most precise description the reports allow.
The same account carried the message 'Stop risking Khan's life', a slogan the party used in its post about the detention. The post urged action on that point but did not set out the specific concern behind it.
What remains unclear
Separate video reports on Instagram refer to what happened behind the scenes, a long meeting with lawyers, Imran Khan's next course of action, and a claim by Sher Ali Arbab. The details of those discussions were not given, so they should be treated as unconfirmed. Readers should wait for a clear account before accepting any version of those talks.
Nothing confirmed so far sets out the party's next steps, and no release date for Aleema Khan has been reported. For now, the release is the most consistent point across the reports, while much of the rest rests on party-linked posts and video summaries.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Imran Khan ki do behnein, Noreen Niazi aur Dr Uzma Khan, Lahore ki Kot Lakhpat jail se reeha ho gayi hain, zarai'e ke mutabiq. Dono ko 50 se 52 din tak nazarbandi mein rakha gaya tha, aur reports ke mutabiq unke nazarbandi ke orders wapas le liye gaye. Teesri behn Aleema Khan abhi bhi jail mein hain. Aam shehri ke liye is khabar ka fori asar bijli, petrol ya naukri par nahi hai, lekin yeh dikhata hai ke siyasi nazarbandi kitni lambi ho sakti hai.
