Aleema Khan, the elder sister of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, criticised the erstwhile former chief minister of Pakistan, Justice Qazi Faez Issa for some of his controversial verdicts.
Speaking to the media outside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, where Imran Khan has been incarcerated since August 5, 2023, Aleema Khan said media, judiciary and people are three pillars of democracy and Justice Faez Issa destroyed all three of them. She said the media has been stifled and VPNs have been banned in the country. She said that people’s mandate was stolen in the February 8 elections and thieves were brought into the parliament to rule the country. She quoted Imran Khan as saying that people have been enslaved and they should come out on November 24 for their freedom and for the freedom of their children.
She said that Imran Khan has not just asked PTI workers and leaders to come out on November 24; he has asked the entire nation to join the anti-government protests. She also said that Imran Khan has called upon the overseas Pakistanis to stage protests in their respective countries for the sake of Pakistan. She said that people should come out against the cruelty they were being subjected to and they should say it loud that this reign of terror is not acceptable.
When a reporter asked Aleema Khan about PTI President Parvez Elahi’s absence from the political scene, she said she did not know about his absence.
In a related development, PTI leader Ali Muhammad Khan said his party was committed to staging protests across the nation on November 2024. He said that Punjab too was coming out this time on the call of Imran Khan. He said the form 47 government was a dead horse, which Shehbaz is pulling. He said the PTI won 117 seats and the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) just 17 in the last general election earlier this year. He said that Imran Khan has been detained for more than 450 days now without any crime.
He said he is warning the government again to act sensibly. He said that Imran Khan should be freed before Nov 24 and allowed to stay at his Bani Gala residence. He said the entire system was destroyed by Imran Khan’s removal from power. He said the PTI founder said he would not take revenge on anyone after his release and they will work for Pakistan’s betterment. He said that ordinary citizens are in pain today in Pakistan, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is being a privatized and trains are being shut down.