Imran Khan's sisters may be released from Lahore jail on health grounds

Nooreen Niazi and Uzma Khan, sisters of the PTI founder Imran Khan, may be released from Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore on medical grounds within 48 hours, according to sources cited by Minute Mirror. No official confirmation of the move had been issued when the report was filed.

Both women are held at the jail under detention. The report said arrangements for a release on health grounds could be made within two days, and that any decision would rest with the relevant authorities.

Nooreen Niazi was taken to hospital after her blood pressure rose and received treatment before the reports of a possible release appeared, according to the same account. Her health is the ground given for the expected move.

Neither the jail administration nor the government had publicly confirmed a release. Minute Mirror said no formal announcement had been made.

The outlet attributed the 48-hour timeframe to sources it did not name. It did not identify the authority that would order a release, say whether a medical board had examined either woman, or give the date of their detention or the provision under which they are held. The hospital that treated Nooreen Niazi and the date of her admission were not given.

The report described the sisters' status only as being under detention and did not say whether they face a case or are held under a preventive order.

DD News reported separately that a sister of Imran Khan was again not allowed to meet him. Its report did not name the sister, say where the meeting was sought or identify who refused it.

Imran Khan founded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Kot Lakhpat Jail is in Lahore, the capital of Punjab.