Imran Khan's Sister Slams Shehbaz Sharif Over PoK Crackdown: 'You Have Turned Region Into Karbala'

Last Updated:June 23, 2026, 21:54 IST

Lashing out at the Sharif government, Aleema said Islamabad was oppressing its own people while trying to play the role of a peacemaker abroad.

Aleema Khan, the sister of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, has condemned the alleged crackdown on residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) while attacking Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for attempting to mediate in the US-Iran conflict.

Lashing out at the Sharif government, Aleema said Islamabad was oppressing its own people while trying to play the role of a peacemaker abroad.

“You are beating people inside your own house and then going to the neighbouring street to act as a mediator. No one respects that. This is making a joke out of you. First look at what you are doing in your own country. You are the Prime Minister of Pakistan, not of them. First take care of your own country where you are inflicting tyranny," she said.

Aleema alleged that PoK had been cut off from food and water supplies amid massive protests in the region.

“You say, ‘I am helpless, I am powerless’ whenever it suits you. Then what did he go there for? Come and look here. If there was any courage, he would give justice to his own people. You have turned PoK into Karbala; water is cut off; food is cut off. And what have you done to Mahrang Baloch, that woman, sentencing her to life imprisonment?" she said.

“For what reason are you committing such oppression? Are you going to brighten your name in the world like this? The whole world knows who actually orchestrated all of this," she added.

Aleema Khan also vowed to work for the release of Imran Khan, who remains in jail in connection with the Toshakhana-II and Al-Qadir Trust cases.

“We are not only standing, but we will stand firm in front. Then, whatever the next course of action is, you will stand with us. When we come together to Adiala Jail, not only will Imran Khan’s rights be restored, but we will secure his release," she said.

Meanwhile, Imran Khan’s sister Noreen Khan questioned the “Thank You, Pakistan" trend on social media, asking what people should be grateful for when, according to her, residents of PoK were being deprived of basic necessities.

“I checked the entirety of Twitter today and I didn’t see ‘Thank You, Pakistan’. Instead, I found people asking, ‘Thank you, Pakistan for what?’ Are you going to say ‘Thank you, Pakistan’ while you are starving people in PoK, blocking their paths and cutting off their food supply? What should they thank you for?" she asked.

She also accused the government of persecuting Imran Khan, whom she described as Pakistan’s only popular and accepted leader.

“You just watch, Insha’Allah, my prayers are with him. I pray that Allah makes an example of disgrace and humiliation out of them, because what they have done has never been done before. We are women and you know what has been happening to us here. ‘Thank you, Pakistan’? You will keep saying thank you because you feel like it, but I checked all of Twitter and I didn’t see any thank you," she said.

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