Ali

LONDON

[Ali Muhammad Khan @Ali_MuhammadPTI]

اللّٰہ اوراس کے ملائکہ نبیﷺ پر درود بھیجتے ہیں
اے لوگو! جو ایمان لائے ہو، تم بھی ان پردرود و سلام بھیجو
(سورت احزاب آیت نمبر 56)

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

Exclusive: As the great former cricketer languishes in a 6ft-by-8ft prison cell in Pakistan, his family are in an agonising state of limbo

🔗 https://t.co/D7XWxFWamu

[Ali @Ali_Piracha12]

@Jemima_Khan 💚

[Jemima Goldsmith @Jemima_Khan]

Pakistan v England at Lord’s 🏏🇵🇰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
#PakistanZindabad #FreeImranKhan

[PTI @PTIofficial]

“There is probably a risk of being arrested. But ultimately, we just want to see our father.” - Sulaiman Khan.

Imran Khan’s sons explained how they have made multiple attempts to obtain visas to visit Pakistan and see their father, only to have their applications refused or delayed on “technical reasons” in addition to threats of arrest by regime ministers.

#FreeImranKhan

[Adeel Raja @adeelraja]

Unusual. Amazing and egg on pakistani regime face

[Becky Anderson @BeckyCNN]

Imran Khan's family, political party and fellow cricket players are sounding the alarm over his deteriorating health in prison. I spoke to his close aide Zulfi Bukhari about his latest condition and the court case his party's filing against the Pakistani government over Khan's hospital visit last week:

[Economic Times @EconomicTimes]

They're blatantly trying to kill him in there: Imran Khan's sons voice fears for his safety
https://t.co/wtIG802Gfy

[Aleema khan @ikhan_17]

"Following former Australian captain Greg Chappell, current captain Pat Cummins has also voiced support for Imran Khan."

[Moeed Pirzada @MoeedNj]

Finally! A Much Stronger Voice for Imran Khan is emerging from Britain over the past few days!

[PTI @PTIofficial]

حکومت پاکستان اب ڈھکے چھپے انداز میں نہیں بلکہ کھل کر ہمارے والد کو خاموش اور انکی زندگی کو نقصان پہنچانے پر کاربند ہے۔ قاسم خان
#StopRiskingImranKhansLife

[Kasim Khan @Kasim_Khan_1999]

Today, I had the honour of speaking to the 47 countries that comprise the @UN #HumanRightsCouncil urging the immediate release of my father @imrankhanpti and all #Pakistan’s #politicalprisoners. Along with this, I want to be very clear. Like my father, I fully support maintaining GSP+ as the people of #Pakistan should never be punished for the actions of its leaders. But the Pakistani regime must also fully comply with the 27 treaties it committed to follow to obtain this benefit, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Convention Against Torture. @UN @ptiofficial #HumanRights #ImranKhanUnlawfullyDetained

[Kasim Khan @Kasim_Khan_1999]

@grok fact check please…

[Kasim Khan @Kasim_Khan_1999]

More great meetings in the UN today. Thanks to everyone who took the time to out and look forward to seeing how everything comes together.

[Kasim Khan @Kasim_Khan_1999]

https://t.co/XA46LuUlx7

[Zac Goldsmith @ZacGoldsmith]

I’m just so impressed by the bravery of these boys. They take after their father @ImranKhanPTI and though he has been locked away in inhumane, life threatening isolation and will not have seen their many interventions, I know he would be so proud to see them fighting for justice

[Zac Goldsmith @ZacGoldsmith]

Thank you @Athersmike
And well said.
What is happening to @ImranKhanPTI is inexcusable and grotesque

[Siasat.pk @siasatpk]

سابق وزیر اعظم عمران خان کو جیل میں 1116 دن ہو گئے۔

#ImranKhan

[Jemima Goldsmith @Jemima_Khan]

Imran Khan is denied human contact and losing his sight, say sisters

https://t.co/3Sjungskwo

[Jemima Goldsmith @Jemima_Khan]

Prime Minister @andyburnham and Foreign Secretary @Ed_Miliband : how much longer will Britain remain silent?

For three years the father of my two sons, and Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has been brutally penalised by his political opponents, in a personal vendetta by Army Chief, Asim Munir,  which according to the UN,  amounts to torture and which  is now taking a potentially fatal toll on his physical and mental health. 

He has endured 3 years of solitary confinement. For nearly ten months now his family has been denied contact with him. He has been deprived of the most basic human contact, denied access to books, lawyers and doctors.

The international human-rights standards are unequivocal. Under the UN’s Nelson Mandela Rules, solitary confinement lasting more than 15 consecutive days is prohibited and amounts to torture.

He has endured this treatment not for 15 days, but for three years.

Pakistan’s own Supreme Court has now intervened: ordering comprehensive  medical treatment, access to his personal doctor, regular family visits and twice-weekly calls with his sons.

Yet those orders are being defied.

This is no longer simply a Pakistani political matter. It is a human-rights emergency.

He has deep and lifelong ties to Britain. He studied at Oxford University, captained Oxford University cricket and spent years playing county cricket in England. His relationship with this country stretches back more than half a century. His charitable activities were internationally recognised, and  include building the only free cancer hospital in Pakistan as well as a university.

His sons, my two boys, Sulaiman and Kasim, are British citizens. They have been forced to watch their father’s health decline from thousands of miles away, prevented from visiting him, denied visas, publicly threatened by government officials with arrest themselves, and even denied court-mandated regular phone calls. 

I have repeatedly appealed to the UK government to intervene. Purported attempts at back channelling have evidently failed. The previous Foreign Secretary @DavidLammy informed me in writing that Britain would not  intervene if my sons, British citizens, are arrested when they travel to Pakistan to visit their father. 

@FCDOGovUK: Britain must now speak out publicly and unequivocally. Demand that Pakistan comply with its own Supreme Court;  restore Imran Khan’s medical access, his right to see his family, end his prolonged isolation and uphold his fundamental human rights.

Pakistan is a Commonwealth country. Britain has a long and proud tradition of standing against arbitrary detention, inhumane treatment and the denial of fundamental rights. Those principles mean very little if we invoke them only selectively and neglect them when inconvenient.
This an appeal to the new Burnham government  to please now do the right thing.