Fresh protests rock Pak over Imran Khan, sisters accuse Mohsin Naqvi of threats
India Today
Thousands of Imran Khan's supporters occupied Pakistan's Attock Bridge on Wednesday, cutting off Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from the rest of the country. The fresh round of protests comes after a Supreme Court-appointed lawyer said Imran, lodged in jail since 2023, was going blind.
Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) escalated protests on Wednesday amid concerns over the former prime minister's eyesight, blocking the key route connecting Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and staging a sit-in near the Parliament in Islamabad. It came as Imran's sisters claimed he was being subjected to "unimaginable mistreatment" in prison and accused interior minister and PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi of threatening them.
The fresh round of protests comes a week after a Supreme Court-appointed lawyer said the former World Cup-winning Pakistani skipper was going blind. In a seven-page report, the lawyer said the 73-year-old, who has been languishing in Adiala Jail since 2023, was left with just 15% vision in his right eye. It led to Imran's family demanding immediate access to the former PM. But it has fallen on deaf ears.
While tensions have been simmering since the report was released, all hell broke loose on Wednesday as thousands of Imran's supporters and PTI workers occupied the Attock Bridge, cutting off Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from the rest of the country. It led to a massive traffic chaos, with hundreds of vehicles stranded in long queues for hours.
Parallelly, the Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Ain Pakistan, the opposition alliance, has been agitating near Parliament and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa House in the capital.
At the heart of the protests is one key demand -- to shift Imran to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad for specialist care.
Moreover, Imran's sisters have added another layer of contention to the issue. In a hard-hitting press conference on Tuesday, Uzma Khan and Aleema Khan have accused Pakistan army chief Asim Munir and Mohsin Naqvi of being part of a "lethal conspiracy" to kill Imran in custody.
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