Contrary to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s claims that his party women workers arrested in connection with the May 9 attacks on military installations were being mistreated in prisons, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said that it found no evidence in support of such claims.
HRCP chairperson Hina Jilani addressed a press conference, saying that allegations were being propagated that PTI women workers who have been arrested in connection with May 9 incident were being tortured and mistreated. However, she said, the HRCP team visited women prisoners and found no such evidence.
She also added the PTI women workers denied being mistreated in jail when the HRCP team visited them.
She urged the authorities to still investigate these allegations through an independent source.
Allegations of torture or mistreatment of women under arrest for inciting violence on May 9 are untrue as per Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Like always they have visited prisons to verify any such violations of rights and found no such abuse @hinajilani I recall HRCP… pic.twitter.com/cCi4KkJXmD
— SenatorSherryRehman (@sherryrehman) June 1, 2023
Earlier, the Punjab government had also rejected the PTI claims that women prisoners were being mistreated and said that eleven women belonging to PTI are behind bars in connection with attacks on military installations following the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan on May 9.
 has said that it has found no evidence of PTI women workers arrested for their involvement in May 9 attacks on military installations, being mistreated in jails.){kind=link}