Aleema Khan’s other son also arrested from Lahore home

Move an attempt to scare PTI, says Aleema

Monitoring Desk

LAHORE: Lahore Police on Friday confirmed that another son of Aleema Khan, sister of PTI founder Imran Khan, was taken into custody from his Lahore residence, a day after his brother was arrested in connection with the May 9 riots.
The deputy investigation of Lahore Police confirmed that Shershah Khan, akin to his brother Shahrez Khan, was also arrested today for his involvement in the May 9 riots.
Aleema’s lawyer, Advocate Rana Mudassir Umar, said that “Shershah was taken from his house after his appearance at a Lahore anti-terrorism court in relation to his brother’s case”.
The PTI, in a post on X, called the incident an “abduction” and lamented that “the rule of law has been replaced with the law of the jungle”.
The move comes a day after PTI announced that men in plainclothes had “abducted” Aleema’s son from her residence. Lahore police later announced that Shahrez had been arrested in connection with a May 9 case.
Aleema addressed the arrest on social media this morning, saying, “(The policemen) brutally assaulted our staff, harassed my daughter-in-law, and forcibly took away my son, Shahrez Khan, in front of his two young daughters.”
She added, “For over three years, this fascist regime in Pakistan has unleashed a reign of terror, raiding thousands of homes, abducting and harassing countless innocent civilians.”
However, she said that it had not broken Imran and that he had set a “remarkable standard of resilience against tyranny”.
Speaking on the incident on Friday, Aleema addressed the notion that the move was an attempt to scare the PTI.
“Do we look like we will be scared of such things?” she said.
She added, “In every FIR (first information report), it is written: ‘Aleema Khan comes bringing Imran Khan’s message’. So if we have to bring Imran Khan’s message in every FIR, we will absolutely do that. We will absolutely be his voice and give his complete message.”