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Jailed Imran again denied family meeting — this time with his cousin as sisters remain in detention

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Dawn · collected 2026-09-22 · by Ikram Junaidi

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Imran Khan's cousin Qasim Zaman attempted to visit him at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail but was denied a meeting on Tuesday, according to PTI lawyer Awais Younas Chaudhry. Imran Khan, jailed since 2023, is usually allowed family visits twice weekly under IHC orders, but his sisters Aleema Khan, Uzma Khan, and Noreen Niazi have been detained by authorities, preventing these meetings. Additionally, a list of PTI lawyers submitted for meeting Imran was also denied entry to the jail despite waiting for hours.
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Ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan has been denied another family visit at Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail on Tuesday, with his cousin Qasim Zaman waiting from 2pm to 4pm without success. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) had earlier allowed Imran twice-weekly meetings with family members and lawyers since 2023. However, his sisters Aleema Khan, Uzma Khan, and Noreen Niazi are currently detained under the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, preventing them from attending these visits. PTI lawyer Awais Younas Chaudhry confirmed that jail officials would have claimed no meeting took place if Imran's family members had not shown up, citing the IHC's ruling as justification for their actions despite previous denials of meetings.

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Chaudhry, who submits lists of party leaders and lawyers to the jail administration for the weekly meetings, said in response to a question by Dawn that had no one from Imran’s family had reached Adiala, the jail administration would have argued before the IHC that the meeting did not take place because nobody came.
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🔮 Usually, Imran’s sisters — Aleema Khan, Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi — would be the ones to reach Adiala every week in the hopes to meet him.
2026-09-22 · Dawn
Jailed Imran again denied family meeting — this time with his cousin as sisters remain in detention · assertive framing

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Ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s cousin, Qasim Zaman, reached Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail on Tuesday but was not allowed a meeting with the PTI founder, Awais Younas Chaudhry, a PTI lawyer told Dawn. asserted
lawyer → reach → Dawn
“We reached there at around 2pm and waited until after 4pm, but a meeting was not allowed,” he said. asserted
he → reach → pm
The IHC has allowed Imran twice-a-week meetings — on Tuesdays and Thursdays — with his family, lawyers and other associates. asserted
IHC → allow → family
Despite the order, the PTI founder has been restricted from meeting visitors. asserted
founder → restrict → visitors
Usually, Imran’s sisters — Aleema Khan, Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi — would be the ones to reach Adiala every week in the hopes to meet him. asserted
sisters → reach → him
But they have now been detained by the authorities under the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960 ahead of the PTI’s Sept 27 protest call. asserted
they → detain → call
Chaudhry, who submits lists of party leaders and lawyers to the jail administration for the weekly meetings, said in response to a question by Dawn that had no one from Imran’s family had reached Adiala, the jail administration would have argued before the IHC that the meeting did not take place because nobody came. asserted
nobody → submit → place
They would have argued that otherwise, a meeting would have been allowed. asserted
meeting → argue → ?
On Monday, he said the PTI had decided that with Imran’s sisters detained, some other family members would reach Adiala on Tuesday to show IHC that its orders were not being implemented. asserted
orders → say → IHC
However, he had not shared the names of those family members, fearing their arrest. asserted
he → share → arrest
He had also submitted a list of lawyers for a meeting with Imran. asserted
He → submit → Imran
The list comprised PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan, Niazullah Niazi, Khalid Yousuf Chaudhry, Raja Yasir and Malik Atif Bashir Awan. asserted
list → comprise → Khan
Chaudhry said these lawyers also reached the Adiala jail on Tuesday and informed authorities of their arrival, but, despite hours of waiting, they had to return without a meeting. asserted
they → say → meeting
On Aug 18, the Supreme Court (SC) also directed the authorities to allow Imran meetings with his family as it ordered his medical checkup at Islamabad’s Shifa International Hospital, a private facility. asserted
it → direct → Hospital
After the SC’s interim order, one of Imran’s sisters, Noreen, was allowed two consecutive meetings with him. asserted
one → allow → him
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