Authorities in Lahore have taken three sisters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan into custody. The detentions took place as supporters of Khan’s political party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), prepared for a planned march in Islamabad. The primary objective of the demonstration was to call for the release of the former leader, who remains incarcerated following his removal from office and subsequent legal challenges.

While the family and party representatives have characterized the arrests as a targeted effort to suppress political dissent and prevent the upcoming protest, government officials have not yet provided a detailed public justification for the specific detentions. The situation remains tense as the PTI continues to organize against the current administration, citing the arrests as evidence of a crackdown on opposition figures. The exact legal grounds for the detentions of the three sisters have not been formally clarified by the police, leading to conflicting narratives between the family’s claims of political persecution and the state’s maintenance of public order protocols.