Report Says Pakistan Uses Detentions to Restrict Women’s Political Organizing

A report says three sisters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan were detained in Lahore.

They had planned to join a demonstration asking for his release.

The authorities said the sisters might disturb public peace by mobilising supporters.

The report argues that their detention was meant to stop them from encouraging other people to take part.

The demonstration was moved to a later date, but the sisters were still in custody, according to the report.

Their family says they have begun a hunger strike.

The report also describes the re-arrest of lawyer Imaan Mazari-Hazir and her husband after a court ruling in their favor.

It presents these cases as examples of wider political repression.

The article does not include a response from the detained women or the authorities beyond the stated public-order rationale.