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Politics● ElevatedSep 21 · Sep 21, 2026, 4:59 PM

Sisters of Pakistan’s Imran Khan arrested in Lahore, jailed ex-PM’s party says

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · South Asia

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party said on Monday that his three sisters had been arrested ahead of ‌a protest ⁠march planned for September 27. “Punjab police have raided Aleema Khan’s home and have abducted Imran Khan’s other two sisters, his nephews and their children,” Zulfi Bukhari, a spokesman for Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, said on social media. “Khan’s sisters and their children were taken into custody but the children were released,” PTI’s information...

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