ISLAMABAD: Aleema Khan, sister of former prime minister Imran Khan, on Tuesday condemned the violence against journalists near the Adiala Jail a day earlier, describing it as a deliberate attempt to create chaos. She alleged that those involved had been “intentionally sent to incite trouble”.
Speaking at the Dahgal police checkpoint, she claimed that the individuals behind the violence were not genuine journalists. “When someone is deliberately sent, that is not journalism,” she said. “All of this is being done intentionally.”
Expressing concern for her family’s safety, she revealed that she had stopped her own sons from accompanying her to the jail out of fear that they might be falsely implicated. “If they had come, terrorism cases would have been registered against them,” she explained. “That is why we came alone today.”
Responding to a question about her property, Aleema defended the legitimacy of her assets, stressing that her wealth was earned through her work as a textile exporter. “A journalist’s job is to present proof if he has it,” she said. “By asking irrelevant questions, you damage the textile business. My company represents me.”
Noreen Niazi, who was also present, urged people not to cast doubts on the integrity of the Shaukat Khanum hospital. She added that Naeem Panjutha, a legal representative of the former prime minister, should respond to queries about his own conduct.
Aleema also referred to a separate incident in which an egg was thrown, suggesting that it may have involved Bushra Bibi’s sister. Questioning the role of law enforcement, she remarked: “If I had arranged to have an egg thrown at myself, why did the police protect those women and take them away?” She added that such acts did not affect her: “Whether eggs are thrown at us or any other humiliation is attempted, we are not bothered.”