Former Pak PM Imran Khan's Sisters Allege They Were 'Brutally' Assaulted by Police Outside Adiala Jail
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New Delhi: The sisters of jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan have said that they, along with supporters of Khan were brutally assaulted outside the Adiala jail last week. Khan’s sisters – Noreen Niazi, Aleema Khan and Dr. Uzma Khan – have demanded an impartial probe into alleged assault.
Khan’s sisters have said in a letter to Punjab police chief Usman Anwar that the violence was “brutal and orchestrated and carried out by policemen without provocation," reported Press Trust of India.
The incident allegedly took place when the trio had camped outside Adiala Jail along with other members of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members after being denied a meeting with him for a month.
"We peacefully protested over concerns for his health condition. We neither blocked roads nor obstructed public movement, nor engaged in any unlawful conduct. Yet, without warning or provocation, the streetlights in the area were abruptly switched off, deliberately casting the scene into darkness. What followed was a brutal and orchestrated assault by Punjab police personnel,” said Noreen Niazi.
“At the age of 71, I was seized by my hair, thrown violently to the ground, and dragged across the road, sustaining visible injuries,” she added.
She alleged that other women present outside the jail were slapped and dragged.
"Police's conduct was part of a broader and troubling pattern of indiscriminate force used against peacefully protesting citizens over three years, reflecting a troubling impunity. Police's conduct was wholly criminal, illegal, morally reprehensible, and in direct contradiction to the foundational duties of any law enforcement agency in a democratic society," said Niazi.
Khan's sisters demanded immediate action by the inspector general of police, Punjab against all the police personnel involved in this brutal assault.
Khan, the founder of the PTI has been in jail since August 2023 in multiple cases.
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