ISLAMABAD: The sisters of PTI founder Imran Khan and other party leaders were once again prevented from meeting him at Adiala Jail on Tuesday, as the party railed against the jail administration, claiming it had misled the court regarding power of attorney documents for the former premier and his wife.

Imran Khan’s sisters and PTI leaders reached Adiala jail in the morning, but were not allowed to meet the incarcerated former prime minister.

Speaking to reporters outside the jail, Aleema Khan recalled how initially, Mr Khan’s meetings with party leaders were banned, after which family members were also stopped from meeting him.

PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja said a large number of people reached Adiala jail every week, despite pressure and hurdles, and maintained that it was the right of Mr Khan’s family to meet him in prison.

Party accuses Adiala officials of misleading court on power of attorney for ex-PM, his wife

Advocate Awais Younas Chaudhry, who submits lists of persons intending to meet Imran Khan, told Dawn that all the leaders whose names had been provided to the Adiala Jail administration, along with Imran Khan’s sisters, reached the jail on Tuesday, but were not allowed to meet the PTI founder.

PTI North Punjab Senior Vice President Malik Yasir Patwali told Dawn that since Adiala jail was located in Punjab, the wing’s president, Malik Taimoor Masood, had ensured that a large number of workers reached the venue at 3:30pm.

“Although it was 7th Muharram on Tuesday, an impressive number of leaders and workers reached outside Adiala jail. We have decided to continue increasing the pressure so that the meeting with Imran Khan is allowed,” he said.

While Imran Khan’s sisters were still sitting outside the jail, party leaders had started leaving late in the evening.

PTI Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram told Dawn that Tuesday’s allocated meeting time ended without Imran Khan’s sisters being permitted to meet him despite prior arrangements.

Power of attorney controversy

In a statement, Mr Akram also condemned what he called the Adiala Jail administration’s persistent dissemination of “misleading” claims regarding power of attorney documents for Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi.

A day earlier, the Adiala superintendent had told the Islamabad High Court that the counsel for the PTI founder and his wife Bushra Bibi had attempted to mislead the court regarding the signing of the power of attorney in the Al Qadir Trust corruption case, claiming that they had deliberately not received it.

In his statement, Mr Akram said that Imran Khan’s legal team, comprising Barrister Salman Safdar and others, had made repeated visits to the jail over recent weeks and sent multiple formal communications, including through courier, only to be turned away empty-handed each time.

He said more than 20 power of attorney documents had been sent to the jail administration over the past six months, but no meaningful response was provided until a contempt petition was filed in the Islamabad High Court on June 15.

“Even then, compliance came merely days before the contempt hearing and was deliberately partial, offering only Imran Khan’s document while withholding Bushra Bibi’s. This selective and belated action was rightly rejected by the legal team,” he said.

Published in Dawn, June 24th, 2026