CM KPK demands government of Punjab to uphold rights of ex PM Imran Khan. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has formally written to Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, expressing serious concerns over what he described as the police’s mistreatment of PTI founder Imran Khan’s sisters and the repeated denial of court-approved visitation rights for the incarcerated former prime minister.
Afridi’s letter followed his own seventh unsuccessful attempt, on Thursday, to meet Imran at Adiala Jail.
Earlier in the week, police allegedly manhandled and forcibly detained Imran’s sisters outside the prison, where they had been waiting after being refused their routine weekly visit.
Shared by the PTI on X early Friday, the letter states that Afridi aims to highlight ongoing violations of “clear and binding” court orders governing Imran’s visitation schedule.
He noted that despite explicit judicial instructions allowing close family members and authorised visitors to meet Imran on designated days, authorities have repeatedly failed to comply.
Afridi said he found reports of the “harsh and inappropriate treatment” of Imran’s sisters especially troubling.
He stressed that Imran’s sisters are private citizens with no political agenda, simply attempting to see their brother as permitted by the court.
“Even if restrictions apply to political visitors — which is an entirely separate matter — there is no legal or administrative justification for barring or mishandling immediate family members whose presence is neither political nor disruptive,” CM KPK wrote.