Imran Khan’s party alleges his nephew ‘abducted’ from Lahore home

<p> Lahore, Aug 21 (PTI): Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party on Thursday alleged that his nephew has been abducted by “men in plain clothes” from his home here.</p><p> Shahrez Khan, son of Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan, has been abducted from his home in Lahore, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawyer Rana Mudassar Umar told the Dawn newspaper.</p><p> “People dressed in plain clothes entered the house and took Aleema Khan’s son with them. No case has been registered against Shahrez, nor is he related to politics,” he said.</p><p> The lawyer said he would approach the Lahore High Court for his recovery.</p><p> Aleema Khan has been openly critical of the military establishment.</p><p> Earlier, she told the media that Imran Khan asked his party members to hold Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir accountable if anything untoward happens to him in jail.</p><p> The 72-year-old cricketer-turned-politician has been behind bars since August 2023 after he was booked in multiple cases.</p><p> The PTI in a statement said that Shahrez Khan, who works as the regional head of a big linen supplier based in Australia and is also a triathlete, was abducted from his home.</p><p> The party alleged that the servants were subjected to violence and Shahrez Khan was “tortured in front of his two children”.</p><p> “Shahrez was stopped from travelling with his wife at Lahore Airport a day before and illegally offloaded,” it claimed.</p><p> Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur in a social media post condemned the incident and demanded his immediate release.</p><p> “The abduction of Aleema Khan’s son Shahrez from her home by men in plain clothes is despicable,” he said.</p><p> Imran’s other nephew Hassan Niazi was convicted by a military court in a case related to May 9, 2023 riots in which military and state buildings were attacked following the former premier’s arrest.</p><p> Separately, Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to Khan in eight cases related to the May 9 violence. PTI MZ GSP GSP</p><p><i>(This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. No editing has been done in the headline or the body by ABP Live.)</i></p>