Donald Lu kay khilaf muqadma hoga Amreeka mein: Aleema Khan

Alima Khan, the sister of incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan, has claimed that the cipher case involves the complete complicity of the US Embassy.

While talking to the media, she said that they will file a case against Donald Lu in American courts.

Donald Lu, a US diplomat in the State Department, was blamed by Imran Khan for orchestrating the no-confidence vote that led to his ouster in April 2022.

Donald Lu’s talks with a Pakistani diplomat were conveyed in a diplomatic cipher sent to Islamabad that caused uproar in Pakistan.

Alima Khan confirmed that the case will be filed in the US while talking to the media outside Adiala Jail, where Imran Khan is currently held under tight security.

"خان صاحب اچھی صحت میں ہیں،
خان صاحب نے کہا کہ میری قوم کو بتاو کہ یہ ایسی دفعات مجھ پر لگانے کی کوشش کرہے ہیں جس میں عمر قید یا سزائے موت بھی ہوسکتی ہے،
اگر عدالتوں سے انصاف نہیں ملتا تو ہم امریکہ میں ڈونلڈ لُو پر کیس کریں گے" علیمہ خان 🔥🔥#ناحق_قید_عمران_خان pic.twitter.com/r6wejQ4UE0

— Haider Ali (@Haider4PTI) November 17, 2023

She assured the public that Imran Khan’s health was in good condition, emphasizing his well-established routine and the absence of any complaints about the food provided by the authorities.

She also said that the High Court has issued a stay order in the cipher case, and clauses are being added which carry the possibility of the death penalty or life imprisonment.

Alima Khan demanded that authorities specify the charges against Imran Khan that led to these serious allegations and probable punishments. She urged for justice to be served in Pakistan.

Alima Khan claimed that Imran Khan asserted that the American Embassy was fully involved in the conspiracy, and if justice is not served in Pakistani courts, they will pursue the case against Donald Lu in the United States.

The Cases

The former prime minister is currently being held in Adiala Jail after his arrest from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore on August 5.

He was moved to the prison on September 26 from Attock Jail where he was initially kept after his arrest.

Khan was first convicted by a lower court in the Toshakhana case in August and sentenced to three years of imprisonment. The IHC suspended his sentence the same month.

The Islamabad accountability court issued arrest warrants for PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the Toshakhana and £ 190 million Al-Qadir Trust cases on Tuesday.

Khan was arrested in the Al-Qadir Trust case on May 9 for the first time.

The £ 190 million (approximately Rs60 billion) settlement case pertains to the money of property tycoon, Malik Riaz, being laundered and caught by the UK authorities during Imran’s government in 2019.

The UK government had informed the Pakistani authorities regarding the money being caught.

The former premier is already in prison as he was subsequently booked in the ‘cipher’ case. The hearing of the cipher case in the special court has been adjourned without proceeding till November 21.

In the cipher case, Khan, along with his close aide and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, has been accused of leaking state secrets.