An Islamabad anti-terrorism court on Monday (September 14, 2026) ordered the blocking of passports of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi and 24 other Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers in connection with a case registered at a police station in the national capital.

Judge Abul Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain issued the order while allowing a request by the police and directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to block the passports until further orders.

The order also covers senior PTI leader and former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser, lawmakers Shahram Khan Tarakai, Shah Ahmad, Sher Ali Arbab, Muhammad Iqbal Afridi, Dr Amjad Ali, Junaid Akbar, Shahid Khattak, Zubair Wazir, Arshad Umarzai, Zar Alam, Mian Omar and Akhtar Khan, among others.

The court said the available record showed that the individuals have been named as accused in the case.

The investigating officer told the court that the accused could flee the country to evade legal proceedings and alleged that they were facing serious charges, including attacks on state institutions and promotion of terrorism.

The court noted that the accused had failed to appear before it and that those who had secured interim bail had also not yet joined the investigation.

It subsequently approved the police request and ordered the FIA to keep the passports blocked until further orders.

The order comes amid heightened political activity by the PTI, which has announced a nationwide protest for September 27.

Mr. Afridi, who is currently touring Punjab to mobilise support for the planned protest, separately alleged on Monday (September 14, 2026) that Punjab Police had attempted to abduct him and later left him on the roadside after assaulting and mistreating him.

“Punjab Police will have to answer for this action. This is no joke,” Mr. Afridi said, describing the alleged treatment of a chief minister of one province by police of another province as “unacceptable”.

He demanded an explanation from the Punjab government over why he was allegedly left on the roadside and mistreated.

The PTI has in recent months remained engaged in political agitation against the central government, with its supporters and leaders facing multiple cases linked to protests and alleged violence against state institutions.

A Pakistan High Court on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) directed jail authorities to ensure that former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi are not kept in solitary confinement.

The 73-year-old cricketer-turned-politician and his wife are currently detained at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, serving lengthy prison sentences in corruption and related cases.

Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Khadim Hussain Soomro announced the verdict while holding the petitions challenging the alleged solitary confinement of Khan and Bibi as maintainable.

The court also directed that Khan’s family members be allowed to meet him as permitted under jail rules and ordered authorities to make arrangements for telephone conversations between him and his sons.

The IHC directed the Adiala jail authorities to provide him with newspapers and books daily and ensure that he receives medical facilities in accordance with jail rules.

The Adiala jail superintendent was directed to ensure implementation of the court’s directions and submit a compliance report within 15 days.

Justice Soomro had earlier reserved the verdict on August 6 on petitions, filed separately by Khan’s sister Aleema Khanum and Bibi’s daughter Mubashra Khawar Maneka, challenging their alleged solitary confinement.

The former Pakistan PM has remained in prison since August 2023 following convictions that he and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party have described as politically motivated. His supporters and relatives have repeatedly alleged that authorities have restricted his access to family members and adequate medical care. The government has rejected such allegations.

Bibi was first jailed on January 31, 2024, after her conviction in a corruption-related case, and was released on bail on October 24 that year after nearly nine months in prison.

She was re-arrested on January 17, 2025, following her conviction in another corruption-related case and remains detained at Adiala Jail, having since received additional sentences in corruption-related cases.

Separately, the Supreme Court on Monday (August 31, 2026) rejected a request by Imran Khan’s sister Uzma Khan for an early hearing of a contempt petition against government officials over alleged non-compliance with its August 18 order directing the former prime minister’s transfer to a private hospital, Dawn News reported.

Ms. Uzma filed the request after the Supreme Court fixed September 16 for hearing her earlier contempt plea.

The Supreme Court had on August 18 ordered the government to shift Khan to the private-run Shifa International Hospital following months of concerns raised by his family and supporters over his health, particularly an eye condition diagnosed earlier this year.

However, on the night of August 20-21, Khan was admitted to the state-run Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) for a medical procedure and diagnostic examinations instead of Shifa Hospital. He was subsequently taken back to Adiala Jail.

Uzma’s petition argued that the decision violated the Supreme Court’s order, which directed that Khan remain admitted at the Islamabad hospital until the next hearing on September 16.

The government defended its decision to take him to PIMS, citing security concerns.

The contempt petition has been fixed for hearing on September 16 before a three-member bench comprising Justices Shahid Waheed, Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Ishtiaq Ibrahim. The same bench is also scheduled to hear pending cases concerning Khan’s health and family meetings.

The Supreme Court on Monday (August 31, 2026) rejected the request for an early hearing under its case-fixation policy, noting that 94 other criminal original petitions in the same category were pending before the Supreme Court, Dawn News reported.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered on ​Tuesday (August 18, 2026) that former Prime Minister Imran Khan be moved ‌to hospital from jail, his Pakistan ​Tehreek-e-Insaf party said, meeting a longstanding ⁠demand of his party and family, who had raised concerns about his health.

Cricketer-turned-politician Mr. Khan, 73, has been in ‌jail since August 2023, convicted in a string of cases that he says ‌were politically driven following his ouster in ‌2022.

His ⁠sons repeatedly expressed concern regarding his deteriorating ⁠health last year, with his lawyers saying he had lost significant vision in his right eye while in prison.

“It’s ​a very welcome ‌order and we wish it had happened sooner so his eye and general health would not have deteriorated this much,” PTI spokesperson Zulfikar ‌Bukhari said.

“He should remain in hospital ​until all doctors are satisfied,” he said.

The court has directed Mr. Khan be moved ⁠to Shifa International Hospital within 48 hours and remain there until September 16, Mr. Khan’s spokesperson Naeem Haider ‌Panjutha said on X.

Since he lost power in a no-confidence vote, Mr. Khan has faced multiple cases, including over state gifts and an unlawful marriage. Some convictions have been suspended or overturned, with appeals pending. He denies wrongdoing.

Cricket ‌greats from around the world, including from across the border ​in India, demanded better treatment for him in February, expressing “deep concern” about his ⁠prison conditions.

Pakistan ​Tehreek-e-Insaf party won power in 2018 and retains ⁠a large support base across key provinces. But it was stripped of its ‌election symbol ahead of the 2024 vote, forcing its candidates to run as independents.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf supporters will march towards Islamabad on September 27 if “justice” is not provided to the party’s founding chairman and incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Chief Minister Suhail Afridi has announced.

Mr. Afridi made the announcement while addressing a large public gathering of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters in Peshawar on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) on the eve of Khan completing three years in prison.

The provincial Chief Minister said the party’s first demand is that cases against the former prime minister and his wife be fixed for hearing and decided on merit, while the second demand is the restoration of meetings with their legal team, doctors, relatives and party leaders.

He claimed that if justice is delivered, Khan can be released “within 30 minutes”, otherwise people from across the country will march to Islamabad on September 27.

Mr. Afridi said the PTI is seeking justice, not charity, and maintained that the party will continue its struggle through constitutional and democratic means, including peaceful protests.

Welcoming supporters from across Pakistan, he said people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan have gathered to express solidarity with Khan and that the large turnout reflects his continued popularity.

Referring to the completion of three years since what he termed Khan’s “abduction”, Mr. Afridi alleged that the former prime minister has been kept in solitary confinement and his sisters faced mistreatment while attempting to meet him in prison.

He alleged that the 26th and 27th constitutional amendments have weakened the judiciary and claimed that courts are no longer able to dispense justice independently.

The 26th amendment capped the country’s chief justice’s tenure for three years, while the 27th amendment created a new position of the Chief of Defence Forces and set up a constitutional court.

The Chief Minister reiterated the PTI’s longstanding stance that Khan was removed from office through an “external conspiracy”, aided by “internal collaborators”, after he refused to compromise on Pakistan’s sovereignty.

He said Khan had sacrificed personal comfort for the country’s future and raised the issues of Islamophobia and Muslim rights at the international level.

Mr. Afridi also alleged that the regime change in April 2022 has led to economic decline and a resurgence of terrorism, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, saying the province has once again become a victim of insecurity and bloodshed.

Mr. Afridi accused the incumbent government of damaging Pakistan’s relations with neighbouring countries, including Iran, Afghanistan and China, and criticised what he described as dynastic politics, vowing that the PTI will resist any attempt to impose hereditary rule.

Mr. Afridi said the party has exhausted all legal and judicial forums without obtaining justice and, therefore, has no option but to exercise its constitutional right to peaceful protest.

He urged supporters to continue their struggle for their constitutional and democratic rights, and said he will lead the march towards Islamabad on September 27 if the party’s demands are not met.

A lawyer from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Tuesday (February 10, 2026) said that jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan was “fine and looking healthy” following their meeting in prison as directed by the Supreme Court.

Mr. Khan, 73, has been in jail since August 5, 2023, when he was arrested at his Lahore residence after his conviction in a corruption case. Currently, he has been kept at Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi.

PTI lawyer Salman Safdar met Mr. Khan at Adiala jail for about three hours.

It was the first meeting with Mr. Khan by anyone since December 2, when his sister Uzma Khan was allowed to meet him for 20 minutes. Later, she told the media that Mr. Khan was in good health.

Speaking to the media outside the jail, Mr. Safdar said that Mr. Khan was “fine and looking healthy”. He said the meeting was ensured as per the court’s orders.

When asked about Mr. Khan’s health, he responded, “Fine. Rest, you should see in the report”. However, he refused to provide any further details about the former Prime Minister as he had to first submit a report to the apex court.

“It is not appropriate (for me to talk) until I submit the report,” he said.

Mr. Safdar also said that he was given proper access to Mr. Khan. “The meeting took place, and there was full access,” he said.

Earlier, a two-member panel of the apex court, comprising Chief Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan, hearing a petition to meet Mr. Khan, appointed Mr. Safdar as amicus curiae with the orders to visit the jail.

The court said that it “considered appropriate that a report regarding the present ‘living conditions of the petitioner in jail’ be submitted”.

“Salman Safdar should go to Adiala as a friend of the court,” Justice Afridi said, adding that the court has full faith in him.

He said that Mr. Safdar “should be given full access to the PTI founder so he may be able to file a written response”. He had also directed the jail authorities that the lawyer should not be kept waiting outside the prison.

Mr. Safdar asked the court “if the scope of the report was limited to living conditions only”, while he cited reported concerns about Mr. Khan’s health after a recent medical procedure.

But the Chief Justice clarified and told him to “submit a report of the living conditions only.”

Lawyer Latif Khosa, who had filed a petition for a meeting with Mr. Khan, asked the court to accept his request. The panel turned down the plea and adjourned the hearing till February 12.

Authorities stopped weekly meetings between Mr. Khan and his family members and lawyers, as allegedly such meetings were being used for political purposes.