Aleema unveils new PTI protest strategy after Adiala Jail meeting denied again

• Says only Imran Khan’s three sisters will visit Adiala Jail in future and party workers will no longer be called to gather outside

• Maintains PTI’s street movement aimed at restoring constitutional and legal rights, not merely securing family meetings

RAWALPINDI: Former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan's sisters staged a sit-in near Adiala Jail on Tuesday after they were once again denied a meeting with the incarcerated party founder, while Aleema Khan announced a change in the party's protest strategy, saying only Imran Khan's three sisters would visit the prison in future and party workers would no longer be called to gather outside the jail.

According to PTI leaders, Tuesday had been a scheduled day for meetings with Imran Khan at Adiala Jail. However, when the meeting did not take place, his sisters, including Aleema Khan, staged a protest at the Factory Checkpost near the prison.

Addressing supporters during the sit-in, Aleema Khan said the party had decided to revise its protest strategy and that future visits to Adiala Jail would be limited to Imran Khan's three sisters.

"We have presented our future course of action today. From now on, only the three sisters will come to Adiala Jail. Party leaders whose names are approved for meetings may come, but workers will not be called," she said, while thanking supporters who had participated in previous protests.

Aleema Khan said the PTI founder had already conveyed his message regarding a street movement, adding that the party leadership would lead protests in their respective districts to build pressure on the government.

She maintained that the movement was aimed at restoring constitutional and legal rights rather than securing family meetings alone.

Meanwhile, jail sources said former first lady Bushra Bibi was allowed to meet members of her family at Adiala Jail.

According to the sources, her sister-in-law, Mehr-un-Nisa Maneka, and daughter, Mubashra Sheikh, met her in the jail's conference room for around 40 minutes, during which they discussed her health and well-being.

Attendance at the protest remained lower than expected despite appeals by PTI leaders for supporters to gather outside the prison.

During the sit-in, clashes broke out between rival groups of PTI workers after one group attempted to approach Aleema Khan and was stopped by another group.

The confrontation turned violent, with workers exchanging punches and tearing each other's clothes.

Women present at the protest intervened to separate the rival groups, but fresh scuffles erupted shortly afterwards, during which one worker's glasses were broken.

Police sources later said two PTI workers were taken into custody from the protest site.