Uzma files another contempt plea over alleged obstruction of Imran Khan’s family meetings

Uzma Khan, the sister of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, has returned to Pakistan’s Supreme Court with another contempt petition. This time, she accuses government officials of failing to facilitate meetings between Imran and his family, along with phone calls to his sons.

The petition, filed on Wednesday through lawyer Uzair Karamat Bhandari, names government functionaries including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Uzma says they breached directives issued in the court’s interim order of Aug. 18.

That order instructed the authorities to move Imran to Shifa International Hospital for a medical check-up. It also directed them to arrange weekly meetings with family members and phone calls with his sons twice a week.

Uzma had already approached the court on Aug. 22, seeking contempt proceedings against those responsible for taking Imran to the government-run Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences instead of Shifa International Hospital. Her latest petition focuses on the alleged failure to arrange the meetings and calls required by the court.

The case places Imran’s access to medical care and family contact before the Supreme Court as his sister pursues enforcement of its earlier directions.