Imran Khan's two sisters have been released from custody, while the former prime minister, his wife and a third sister remain in jail.
Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi, Imran Khan's sisters. Founder of PTI party in Pakistan and former prime minister. They were released after 50 days of administrative detention. Khan himself, his wife Bushra Bibi and their third sister Alimah Khan remained behind bars.
Ozma and Noreen were released on Thursday and handed over to Noreen's daughter. They were arrested in September under the Public Order Act when the PTI party was preparing for a march towards Islamabad, and their detention was extended twice. The third sister, Alimah Khan, remains in Kot Lakhfat prison.
Khan is serving a sentence of 14 years in prison and Bushra Bibi seven years in the case of the Al-Qadir fund worth 190 million pounds. Both were also sentenced to 17 years in prison each in the Toshakhana-2 gifts case. They deny all the charges and call the cases politically motivated.
The High Court in Islamabad ordered on November 10, 2026 to allow their lawyers to meet with them in Adiala prison and assumed that the arguments in their appeals would begin at the next hearing. Their lawyer, Salman Safdar, told the court that Khan's blood pressure remains unbalanced with a risk of cerebral haemorrhage, while Bushra Bibi's eyesight is severely deteriorating and she is due to undergo another operation on November 15.