LAHORE(National Times)- Dr Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi, sisters of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan, were released from Kot Lakhpat jail following the withdrawal of their extended detention orders, PTI legal counsel Rana Mudassar Umer told Dawn on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a post on X, he said the two \u2014 who were detained in September under the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO) along with their sister Aleema Khan \u2014 had returned home \u201csafely\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PTI lawyer Taimur Malik also said on X that the two women had been released upon the withdrawal of the \u201cunlawful MPO detention order\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEveryone else detained under these MPO orders should be released as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Noreen\u2019s son, Wali, also said on X that his mother and his aunt had been released from jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor 53 days they were held under Section 3 of the MPO. No charge. No trial. Two weeks ago, Noreen, in her seventies, was taken to a cardiac hospital. No one told us. Today they were let out. No reason given,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He called for a judge to \u201cexplain both decisions\u201d, but added: \u201cNo one can, because neither decision rested on law. Their jailing was arbitrary and so is their release.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imran\u2019s three sisters \u2014 Noreen, Aleema and Uzma \u2014 have been in jail on the Lahore deputy commissioner\u2019s (DC) orders as the PTI geared up for a protest march towards Islamabad. Their detention was initially ordered for 30 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their detention was then challenged in the Lahore High Court after the 30-day period lapsed last month, following which the Punjab government informed the court that it had been extended for another 30 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aleema, who was the first to be detained, still remains in jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Oct 28, Noreen was moved from Kot Lakhpat jail to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) due to high blood pressure. At the time, her lawyer claimed that no family member had been informed about her deteriorating health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The PTI had also condemned Noreen\u2019s transfer to the PIC without informing her family, expressing grave concern over her health and the treatment of \u201cpolitical prisoners\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the government had insisted that she was \u201cfine\u201d after being provided medical treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs per the information available, she is fine and all her medical tests are normal,\u201d the adviser to the prime minister on political affairs, Rana Sanaullah, had informed the Senate on Oct 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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