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'Finally, some good news': Two sisters of ex-Pak PM Imran Khan released from jail

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'Finally, some good news': Two sisters of ex-Pak PM Imran Khan released from jail

Two sisters of Pakistan's incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan were released from a Lahore jail on Thursday after the Punjab government revoked their detention orders, leaders of his Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party said.However, his elder sister and wife remain behind bars."Finally, some good news.

Two of former PM Imran Khan's sisters, Dr Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi, have been released from Kot Lakhpat Jail following the withdrawal of their detention orders," PTI senior leader and former federal minister Moonis Elahi said in a statement."Hopefully, Aleema sahiba and Bushra Bibi, will also be released soon," he added, referring to the cricketer-turned-politician's elder sister and wife, respectively.Meanwhile, another senior PTI leader, Zulfi Bokhari, asserted that the release of Imran Khan's two sisters would not "erase the suffering" endured by his family."The release of two sisters does not end the injustice or erase the suffering inflicted on Imran Khan’s family.