ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan has filed a contempt of court petition after being denied a meeting with her brother.
The petition names the superintendent of Adiala Jail, the Federal Secretary for Interior, and the Punjab Home Department Secretary as respondents.
Aleema Khan stated in her application to the Islamabad High Court that despite the court’s order dated March 24, she was not allowed to meet Imran Khan, and the order was not implemented.
The petition requests that those responsible for failing to comply with the Islamabad High Court’s directives be punished for contempt of court.
CM Afridi ends sit-in in Rawalpindi
Earlier. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, Aleema Khan, and accompanying lawyers were unable to meet the Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court.
Chief Minister Afridi said their case was not heard and that they received a message from the IHC Chief Justice stating he could not meet them. Afridi announced that they have decided not to let either the National Assembly or the Senate proceed today.
He added that next Tuesday they would gather both outside the High Court and Adiala Jail. Speaking about governance in the province, he said he remained in contact with his administration and emphasized that, unlike Zardari and Sharif, he did not rise through a “parachute” but worked his way up from the grassroots within the organization.
The Advocate General of KP, in an informal conversation, confirmed that the IHC Chief Justice had refused to meet the chief minister.
Earlier in Rawalpindi, Afridi ended his sit-in, saying he had exhausted all constitutional and legal avenues. He questioned what option was left for him to meet his party’s founder.
He added that despite court orders, neither he nor other leaders was allowed to meet the party founder yesterday. He said the founder’s sisters were previously denied a meeting as well, were dragged by their hair on Adiala Road, and were humiliated. “All this is being done to break the founder; Bushra Bibi is being targeted,” he alleged.
The KP chief minister said he spent the entire day and night waiting but was still denied permission to meet the PTI founder.
CM Afridi staged a sit-in last night after being denied permission to meet PTI founder Imran Khan.
