Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan's sisters arrested in Islamabad

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's two sisters, Aleema Khan and Uzma Khan, reached Islamabad's D Chowk for a "peaceful protest" and were arrested by police.

The Islamabad Police on Friday arrested former Pakistan Prime Minister and jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan's sisters -- Aleema Khan and Uzma Khanum from D Chowk in the city for "exercising their right of peaceful protest".

Aleema and Uzma were arrested after they arrived at the D Chowk following a protest call given by Imran Khan, a 71-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician, who has been incarcerated at Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail for more than a year.