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May 22, 2026
Afridi, Aleema Claim Shots Were Fired at Adiala Sit-in ParticipantsIslamabad: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan on Wednesday claimed that shots were fired at sit-in participants on Tuesday night, injuring several people.
On Tuesday, a caravan led by CM Afridi, which was on its way to Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail to meet Imran, was stopped from entering Islamabad, prompting the participants to stage a sit-in at the intersection of Srinagar Highway and G.T. Road — locally referred to as Chungi No 26.
Addressing a press conference, Afridi claimed that shots were fired on Tuesday to disperse them. He said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was supplying gas to the entire country, but in return, bullets were being fired at parliamentarians and wheat supplies to the province had been blocked.
During the press conference, they also showed a video in which shots were allegedly fired at different participants in the sit-in.
They asked whether the state has any precedent in which the sisters of former prime ministers have faced the treatment being faced by Imran’s sisters.
“That is why I asked if you want to break the country. The people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been observing how their representatives are being treated,” he said.
He said he had also asked police officers why they were spreading hate. “If hate increases, the country will suffer,” he said.
“We have only one demand: that Imran Khan be treated at Shifa International Hospital. In the past, platelet count was allegedly manipulated by one leader, and Imran Khan had allowed that leader to go abroad for treatment,” he stated.
The regime change operation brought nothing but “hunger, inflation and price hikes,” he claimed.
“Today, there is no democracy, and judges are writing letters complaining that they are being monitored,” he said.
Afridi added that a protest would be held on Friday and that they would return next Tuesday to intensify their protest further. - Dawn
Courtesy Dawn
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