{"id":103649,"date":"2026-01-13T16:20:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/imrans-sisters-pti-workers-stage-sit-in-near-adiala-jail\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:20:42","slug":"imrans-sisters-pti-workers-stage-sit-in-near-adiala-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/imrans-sisters-pti-workers-stage-sit-in-near-adiala-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran\u2019s sisters, PTI workers stage sit-in near Adiala jail"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RAWALPINDI: Incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan\u2019s sisters and party workers staged a sit-in at Rawalpindi\u2019s Factory Naka on Tuesday after they were again barred from meeting the former prime minister.<\/p>\n

Sit-ins at Factory Naka \u2014 which is a short distance away from the Adiala jail \u2014 on Tuesdays and Thursdays by PTI workers and supporters, as well as Imran\u2019s sisters, have become a usual occurrence as they continue to be restricted from meeting the ex-premier for the past several weeks.<\/p>\n

A court order<\/u><\/a> issued by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on March 24, 2025 mandated that meetings with Imran would be permitted twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Despite the IHC\u2019s order, Imran\u2019s sisters \u2014 Aleema Khan, Uzma Khan and Noreen Khan Niazi \u2014 along with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, have tried and failed to meet Imran.<\/p>\n

Routes to the Adiala jail were blocked on Tuesday, including at Factory Naka and Dahgal Naka, amid a large police presence.<\/p>\n

PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan was stopped at Dahgal Naka while several others, including Imran\u2019s sisters, were barred from moving beyond Factory Naka.<\/p>\n

Similarly, PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja posted on social media platform X at around 3pm that he had been stopped at a police checkpoint right after he crossed Bahria Town.<\/p>\n

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Later, in a video shared by the PTI on X around 8pm, he detailed that he was also stopped at Chakri. \u201cI was again stopped around two to three miles away from Chakri, now we have finally reached here (near the Adiala jail),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, those staging a sit-in at Factory Naka shouted slogans in favour of Imran as the route to Adiala jail from that spot remained completely blocked.<\/p>\n

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Earlier, Aleema asserted while speaking to the media that \u201cwe will do whatever needs to be done\u201d for Imran\u2019s release.<\/p>\n

She also called Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi \u201cthe future of Pakistan\u201d, adding that the \u201cyouth in Pakistan have buried the old politics\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is new politics,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

On the PTI founder\u2019s messages from jail, she said \u201cwhatever messages he sends\u201d were posted on X.<\/p>\n

Imran does not have access to the internet in jail, and it remains unclear who operates his X account. However, it has had posts described as his messages from jail following his meetings with his family and other associates.<\/p>\n

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More to follow<\/em><\/p>\n