Aleema assails PTI leadership for decisions regarding Imran’s health, IHC for delay in fixing of cases

ISLAMABAD: AleemaKhanum, sister of PTI founder Imran Khan, on Wednesday launched a scathing criticism of the party leadership over decisions taken for the former premier’s medical treatment and of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) over the delay in fixing his cases for hearing.

Speaking to the media today, Aleema said the health of the PTI founder was the family’s primary concern and insisted that no decision regarding his treatment should be made without their permission.

Referring to Interior Minister MohsinNaqvi’s statement from February 17 regarding Imran’s health, she said the minister had publicly claimed that Imran had received medical treatment, but no one from the party leadership could confirm the nature of that treatment.

“Why doesn’t anyone deny or confirm what treatment was carried out?” Aleema asked.

She alleged that the family had recommended doctors, including DrAsim, DrUzma Khan and DrBarki, for examination at Shifa International Hospital. Still, their names were either rejected, or no response was given.

She claimed the family later learned that treatment had been conducted at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and that they were kept unaware of developments.

“We were demanding treatment at Shifa International Hospital. Instead, we were sent to jail when we raised the issue,” she said.

She further alleged that pressure was being exerted on government doctors and said the family would no longer communicate concerns in closed-door meetings but would raise them publicly.

Aleema also questioned the silence of senior PTI lawyers and office-bearers, naming Hamid Khan, Ali Zafar, LatifKhosa and Barrister Gohar, and asked why they were not actively pursuing the founder’s cases.

“Where are the senior lawyers who were given party tickets? The founder repeatedly asked them to get his cases filed,” she said.

She claimed that information about meetings and medical arrangements was coming from Naqvi instead of party representatives. “Will we get information from the minister or from our own party?” she asked.

Expressing frustration, she remarked that the party appeared “as relaxed as if Imran Khan has been treated,” adding that if anyone could not bear the burden of the PTI founder’s narrative, they should step aside.

On the matter of the delay in cases being fixed, Aleema said the PTI founder had been coming to court for the past 13 months to pursue his cases, but hurdles were being created.

“We come and sit in court for hours, but cases are not fixed,” she said, adding that on one occasion, when Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister SohailAfridi appeared in court and attempted to speak, the chief justice left the courtroom.

Aleema maintained that the “chair of justice” existed to provide relief to the people and claimed that courts elsewhere in the world did not function in such a manner. Staff Report