Incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s sister, Aleema Khanum, on Tuesday reiterated her call for elected lawmakers and office-holders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to gather outside Adiala Jail in a bid to “pressure” the government.
“PTI leadership, NOW is the time when Imran Khan Needs You!” she wrote on X, hours before she and her sisters are due to reach the jail for their weekly visit with the PTI founder. While Tuesdays are generally designated for Khan’s meetings with his family and lawyers, the government has largely restricted these over claims of Prison Rules violations, with no family members meeting him since December 2025.
Lawyers likewise face difficulties in meeting Khan, though courts have facilitated meetings between the PTI founder and Salman Safdar on several occasions. Amidst the ongoing restrictions, Aleema and Khan’s other sisters—Noreen and Uzma—have been calling on the PTI to stage protests for access to their brother. On several occasions, Aleema has maintained that “just 10,000 people” would be sufficient to pressure the government into restoring access to Khan and ensuring medical treatment for his eye condition.
“The impact of hundreds of elected members (Senators, MNAs and MPAs) of KP and Punjab assemblies at Adiala will be huge,” wrote Aleema in her post. “It WILL create the necessary pressure on this [government] (who is in power by stealing Imran Khan’s mandate) to get Imran Khan treated at Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad,” she added.
She further claimed that the gathering would also serve as “urgent and necessary pressure” on the Islamabad High Court to “take up Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi’s bail applications and set them FREE.”
According to Aleema, police outside Adiala “usually” arrest Khan’s supporters but not his family, nor elected lawmakers. “We appeal to Imran Khan’s supporters (who are not office-holders) NOT to come to Adiala today,” she added.
Khan has been diagnosed with CRVO, an eye condition resulting from underlying health conditions such as high cholesterol, for which he receives treatment at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). His family has maintained that denying access to them during this time is inhumane and has also demanded he be treated at Shifa International Hospital, expressing distrust in state-run hospitals.