ISLAMABAD: Jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan wants his party’s anti-government protests to “peak” on August 5 – the day he completes two years in jail, his sister Aleema Khan said on Tuesday.
The jailed PTI’s patron-in-chief had directed that the party launch an anti-government movement after Muharram 10, Aleema cited her orders last week.
“Muharram 10 has passed […] the party will now announce its strategy,” Aleema told reporters at the Gorakhpur check post after meeting the former prime minister at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail along with Noorin Niazi and Uzma Khan.
The PTI founder will lead the protests from jail, she claimed, and launched a barrage of criticism against the party leadership, quoting Khan as saying that he is free in jail while he is imprisoned outside.
“Our family is aware of the protest plan, however, they have remained silent about the details of the upcoming demonstration,” Aleema said. She added that she would brief the media about the plan at the appropriate time.
She added that the route of the protest — whether it starts from Peshawar and goes to Lahore — will be decided and revealed by the party.
She also said that Khan’s entire family will participate in the upcoming protest. She added that Khan had given a message that those who are unable to bear the burden of a political movement should step aside.
Reacting to the suspension of 26 PTI lawmakers in the Punjab Assembly, Aleema alleged that the suspension was done to “please [Punjab Chief Minister] Maryam Nawaz.”
Another of Khan’s sisters, Noreen Niazi, told reporters that she was fine but that the jail authorities had denied the former prime minister access to television, newspapers and reading material for the past week.
Aleema alleged that the PTI founder and his wife Bushra was kept in solitary confinement, he added, adding that Khan had not been allowed to see his personal physician for 10 months.
He also accused the Punjab Chief Minister of being involved in imposing restrictions on former Prime Minister Khan in prison.
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