Aleema Khan, sister of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, reacted on Tuesday to the statements that her brother was no longer relevant in the country’s policy, since Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s assembly approved the provincial budget for fiscal year 2025-26.
In statements to the media outside the Adiala prison in Rawalpindi, Aleem was asked if ‘Imran Khan is less’, a reference to the statement that the founder of PTI has lost relevance in national politics, had happened. “I think Imran Khan has happened,” she replied.
She made the comments as she reacted to the statements of the ruling alliance that Khan has become politically irrelevant.
Speaking with journalists outside the Central Prison Adyala, Rawalpindi said: “If the police want to stop, let them. We are not afraid.” She said the government feared to reach the message of PTI’s founder to the general public.
Expressing his disgust for the approval of the KP’s budget without the assent of the founder of PTI, said: “We do not know why [the KP govt] I was in a hurry to approve the budget. “
KP’s Prime Minister Ali Amin, led by Gandapur, did not even wait two days, he added.
“We do not know what was hidden from the founder of PTI in the budget. I am surprised that KP legislators did not even discuss it,” he added.
Meanwhile, Aleem, together with PTI workers, tried to reach Adial’s prison to meet Khan, but the police prevented them from entering the prison facilities.
The 71-year-old Cricket player became a politician has been behind bars since August 2023 after he was hired in multiple cases ranging from corruption to terrorism from his expulsion of power through the motion of non-confile opposition in April 2022.
Last month, the prime minister’s political affairs advisor, Rana Sanaullah, had said that any perspective of an agreement or relief for the founder of PTI remained out of reach due to what she described as “extreme distrust” between the former prime minister and the establishment of the country. Talking with The newsSanaullah said that while rumors of negotiations or rear door offers occasionally arise, the reality of the ground is very different.
“With such level of distrust, how can Khan be offered a treatment or relief?” He asked, unbridled any speculation of an advance.
Rana reiterated his long position that the dialogue between political parties was the only viable way to follow.
