ISLAMABAD: Aleema Khan, sister of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, on Wednesday claimed that her brother believes the sentences and verdicts in his cases were “written in advance”. a Speaking to reporters outside the Adiala Jail, she quoted Imran as saying that hearings in his cases are repeatedly postponed, while pressure had been exerted on him from the beginning to leave the country. “But he decided to face all cases,” she said.
Aleema further alleged irregularities in the jail trial, claiming a witness had been proven false. She demanded immediate bail for Bushra Bibi in the Al-Qadir Trust case, adding: “The script is that she will be sentenced in Toshakhana first, then granted bail in Qadir case.”
She also conveyed Imran Khan’s grief over the martyrdom of youth in Tirah.
Meanwhile, PTI Secretary General Barrister Salman Akram Raja, after meeting Imran Khan in jail, echoed the party founder’s stance that sustainable peace in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the wider region requires engagement of all stakeholders. “Killing people and blowing up bombs will not bring peace,” he said, adding that Imran had conveyed messages to Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.
Separately, on the occasion of the 95th Independence Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, on behalf of its founder chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan, extended warm felicitations to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and the people of Saudi Arabia.
In a statement issued by PTI’s Central Media Department, the party lauded the recently concluded Strategic Defence Mutual Agreement (SDMA).