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Lahore authorities order 30-day detention of Aleema Khan

The Lahore administration has issued an order for the 30-day detention of Aleema Khan under the Maintenance of Public Order ordinance, according to political officials and administrative records. Her political party reported that she was taken into custody following the directive issued by the Lahore deputy commissioner. The full circumstances and specific grounds cited for the detention order have not been publicly detailed.

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Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
5 differing positions reported on attribution across 5 publishers; unresolved.
  • expressLahore administration
  • dawnLahore DC
  • aljazeeraPTI
  • thehinduauthorities
  • khaamaPakistan
3 differing positions reported on location across 7 publishers; unresolved.
  • expressLahore
  • dawnLahore
  • bbcPakistan's
  • thehinduPakistan
  • aljazeeraIslamabad
  • klix-baPakistanu
  • arabnewsPakistan
5 differing positions reported on timing across 5 publishers; unresolved.
  • express30-day
  • dawnSept 27
  • aljazeerabefore planned PTI march
  • klix-bauoči velikih protesta
  • khaamaAhead of PTI Protest March
2 differing positions reported on status across 10 publishers; unresolved.
  • expressorders
  • dawndetained
  • aljazeeraarrested
  • bbcarrested
  • thehindudetained
  • klix-bauhapšena
  • francearrested
  • arabnewsarrested
  • theguardianjails
  • khaamaDetains
WhereLahore
31.558, 74.351 ±10 km
First reported35 days ago
Published2026-09-20 11:49 UTC
Sources10
How this travelled.
Reports23Independent tellings6
6 independently corroborated tellings, 16 reported as carrying other outlets.

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Global Event Monitor. Lahore authorities order 30-day detention of Aleema Khan. 2026-09-20T11:49:50.485Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:2970. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-20/pti-says-aleema-detained-by-authorities-as-lahore-dc-orders-62cdb94a

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