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Imran Khan's Sister Files Second Supreme Court Contempt Petition
Imran Khan’s sister Uzma Khan has asked Pakistan’s Supreme Court to act against officials.
She says officials did not follow earlier court instructions about family meetings and phone calls.
The court had allowed Imran Khan to meet his sisters each week.
It had also allowed him to speak with his sons online and by telephone.
Uzma says he was not allowed to meet his sisters on Tuesday.
She also says he has not spoken with his sons since March.
The court had separately ordered that he be taken to Shifa International Hospital for medical care.
Officials instead took him to another hospital before returning him to Adiala Jail.
Imran Khan’s political party says the family meeting restrictions violate court orders.
Uzma Khan filed a second contempt petition in Pakistan’s Supreme Court over alleged non-implementation of its August 18 orders.
The orders permitted Imran Khan to speak virtually with his sons and meet his sisters weekly.
Uzma Khan said Imran Khan was denied a meeting with his sisters on Tuesday and had not spoken to his sons since March.
The petition alleges that twice-weekly telephone conversations with Kasim Khan and Sulaiman Khan were not arranged.
An earlier contempt case concerned the alleged failure to transfer Imran Khan to Shifa International Hospital, as ordered by the court.
- Who
- Uzma Khan filed the petition against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and several prison, interior and Islamabad administration officials.
- What
- She filed a second contempt of court plea alleging that orders concerning Imran Khan’s medical treatment and family contact were not implemented.
- Where
- The petition was filed in Pakistan’s Supreme Court and concerns Imran Khan’s detention at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.
- When
- The new petition was filed on Wednesday; the disputed Supreme Court orders were issued on August 18, and the latest denied meeting occurred on Tuesday.
- Why
- Uzma Khan is seeking directions to ensure that Imran Khan can meet his sisters and speak with his sons as ordered by the court.
Key facts
- Petitioner
- Uzma Khan, Imran Khan’s sister
- Court order date
- August 18
- Detention facility
- Rawalpindi Central Jail, also known as Adiala Jail
- Family-contact order
- Weekly meetings with his sisters and twice-weekly telephone conversations with his sons
- Medical-transfer order
- Transfer to Shifa International Hospital for examination and treatment by a multidisciplinary medical board
- Actual medical transfer reported
- Authorities took Imran Khan to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences on August 21 and later returned him to Adiala Jail
- Political reaction
- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf called the denied family meetings a serious violation of Supreme Court and Islamabad High Court orders
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