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Pakistan: Imran Khan's Sister Arrested Ahead of PTI March

Pakistan: Imran Khan's Sister Arrested Ahead of PTI Protest March

Pakistan: Imran Khan's Sister Arrested Ahead of PTI March
Above: Aleema Khan (C) outside the Islamabad High Court on June 3, 2024. Image credit: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin


Snatching a woman off the street, hauling her family and children away in an armored vehicle and refusing to tell lawyers where she is held is the conduct of a fascist state, not a democracy. Locking up a jailed politician's sister, sons and nephews is collective punishment, and children are not political opponents. The world needs to stop looking away from Pakistan.

Preventive detention under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance exists precisely for people the police say helped shut down roads and incite workers to torch public property during the May 9, 2023, riots. Officials documented the case, listed the pending charges and set a fixed 30-day limit with a right to appeal. KeepingThe government's job is to keep Lahore calm before a mass march is exactly the job of a government.

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