Pakistan in crisis: PTI to hold Sept 27 stir 'at all costs'

Pakistan's opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will proceed with its planned September 27 protest demanding the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, even as legal challenges have been filed against the preventive detention of his three sisters.A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court on Monday challenging the 30-day detention orders issued against Aleema Khan, Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi, according to a report by Pakistan-based daily The Express Tribune, as cited by news agency ANI.The petition, filed by Shahraiz Khan, son of Aleema Khan, seeks to have the detention orders declared invalid and the immediate release of the three women.The detention orders were issued by the Lahore deputy commissioner on September 20 under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, ahead of PTI's planned September 27 demonstrations.Aleema Khan was detained earlier, while Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi were detained on Monday.The petition alleged that Aleema…