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LHC moved for release of Imran's sisters as 30-day detention period ends

Dawn21 October 2026, 16:45 UTCPakistan

LAHORE: The son of Aleema Khan, detained sister of jailed PTI founder Imran Khan, moved the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday, seeking the production and release of his mother, as well as two aunts. All three of Imran’s sisters — Aleema, Noreen Niazi and Uzma Khan — were detained by authorities in September, under the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960, as the PTI geared up of for a planned protest march towards Islamabad. Their detention was ordered for 30 days. Aleema’s son, Shahrez Khan, filed a fresh plea challenging their detention in the LHC on Wednesday. The petition

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