Brain Unwashed

By the passage of time!
Surely humanity is in grave loss, except those who have faith, do good and urge each other to truth, and urge each other to perseverance

[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.

[Brain Unwashed @BrainUnwash3d]

Professor @SHABAZGIL could you please explain what’s “weekend excursion” ?
For we simple folks weekend was for exclusion, not exile.

[Brain Unwashed @BrainUnwash3d]

@SHABAZGIL thorri mehnat hi karr liya karro… week exclusion 🤦??? .. excursion

[Brain Unwashed @BrainUnwash3d]

@yousef_ki1 .

[Brain Unwashed @BrainUnwash3d]

@MoeedNj That’s why I did not buy the narrative you were selling for last week and half.

[Imran Khan @ImranKhanPTI]

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Conversation with his Lawyers and Family Members in Adiala Jail - March 19, 2025

"The scourge of terrorism in the country is out of control. The tragic incident of the Jafar Express is deeply saddening and condemnable. Such organized terrorist attacks raise serious questions about any country’s security. No one can feel the pain of losing precious military and civilian lives to terrorism as profoundly as we do, because PTI is the only political party with majority support across all provinces. Unfortunately, all agencies are focused on eliminating PTI instead of preventing terrorism.

PTI’s decision to boycott the National Security Committee meeting is absolutely justified. I was neither invited to the meeting nor was my opinion sought, and even the representatives of Balochistan were excluded. They would have first consulted with members of my party if they genuinely intended to address this issue. PTI is currently the only political party in Pakistan with support across all federal units, whereas PPP and PML-N are confined to specific regions of Sindh and Punjab. How can national consensus be achieved while excluding the leader of the country’s largest political party and the true symbol of the federation?

The subservient [to the military establishment] government’s foreign and domestic policies are proving to be disastrous for the country. The issue of terrorism can only be resolved through a political solution that aligns with the people’s will. Terrorism cannot be eradicated solely through kinetic military operations. Our foreign policy regarding neighboring countries must be independent and sovereign. Issues with Afghanistan should also be resolved through dialogue. Since the regime change, their lack of seriousness is evident from the fact that Bilawal toured the entire world but did not visit Afghanistan even once. Military operations have never been the solution— even major wars have ultimately ended through negotiations and sincere efforts for peace and stability.

The country can only remain united and strong if the public mandate is respected, political parties are allowed to function freely, and the establishment refrains from interfering in politics. In 1971, a political party was sidelined, and history has not forgotten what followed. The country would not have been divided back then had fair opportunities been given to political parties. Today, once again, the people’s voices are being suppressed, and political parties representing them are being strangled. The same oppressive model has been imposed in Balochistan, which is why the situation there has spiraled out of control. Until representative governments of the people are given power, these issues will persist and worsen.

The imposed regime is using all unlawful tactics to pressure me. My wife has been unjustly imprisoned. Yahya Khan did not jail Mujibur Rahman’s wife, neither did General Zia imprison Bhutto’s wife, nor did Musharraf incarcerate Kulsoom Nawaz. But this establishment has reached the lowest level of moral decline by imprisoning my wife in fabricated cases.

My communication has been severely restricted for nearly a week. To keep me uninformed about current affairs, television access has been banned, and newspapers and books are not being delivered. I have been denied contact with my children. Despite repeated reminders, the standard provision of a 72-hour meeting within 90 days with my wife has not been granted. My personal doctor is not allowed to meet me, nor is my dentist. My party leaders have also been barred from visiting me. I have been kept in complete isolation to prevent me from learning about the All Parties Conference (APC). 1/2

[Brain Unwashed @BrainUnwash3d]

@Matiullahjan919 You didn't mention the name of the company he used to work, any particular reason for that?

[TIME @TIME]

"From my confinement in a solitary cell, I witness the heartbreaking reality of a nation gripped by authoritarian rule."

Imran Khan writes from prison: Why the world must pay attention to Pakistan https://t.co/JVU4oz0T2M

[Brain Unwashed @BrainUnwash3d]

@ImranKhanPTI The former and current “democratically” elected Prime Minister of Pakistan.

[Brain Unwashed @BrainUnwash3d]

@cricketcomau Some peoples struggle to embrace the spirit of fair play, clinging to defeat like a bitter aftertaste—perhaps their diet of cow urine and dung have something to do with it.

[Brain Unwashed @BrainUnwash3d]

@enkidureborn @MoeedNj @MoeedNj
کے مطابق تو سیٹھی جیفری سائک کے لیول کا تجزیہ نگار ہے۔

[Brain Unwashed @BrainUnwash3d]

@Hablbakram جوتے بھی پالش ہوتے رہیں گے۔

[Brain Unwashed @BrainUnwash3d]

@SHABAZGIL I’was blocked many many years ago…

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🧵 Since Drop Site News is banned in Pakistan, we’re publishing our latest article in full below for our Pakistani audience (though Twitter is also banned, it still manages to get through).

Please share to help it reach a wider audience. ⤵️

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

Peaceful protest is NOT a crime.
Peaceful protest is NOT a crime.
Peaceful protest is NOT a crime.
Peaceful protest is NOT a crime.

[International Human Rights Foundation @IHRF_English]

#Pakistan: The International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) condemns the brutal use of force by the Pakistani state against peaceful protesters. Reports of extrajudicial abductions, political victimization, and transnational repression by the authoritarian regime in Pakistan continue to attract global attention. We urge the international community to respond to the military junta supported regime in Pakistan, which has come to power through an alleged massively rigged election. The U.S. House Resolution 901 ( H.Res.901 - Expressing support for democracy and human rights in Pakistan) calls for an independent inquiry into these elections. The current violent repression of unarmed protesters in Islamabad, along with the ongoing incarceration of former Prime Minister Imran Khan—who remains the most popular leader in the country—is unjustified. Officials in the Pakistani regime who are complicit in these acts of fascism must be held accountable. We call upon the Pakistani government to respect the human rights of its citizens.
Video Courtesy: @PakVoice_org

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Ahead of planned protests, this is Pakistan’s hilarious response (this plus buying lots of weapons)

[Zalmay Khalilzad @realZalmayMK]

@GENAsimMunir is enlarging his problem. He has detained Pakistan’s most popular political leader on trumped-up charges; he has tried to stop peaceful demonstrations; he has now banned @ptmNFT a human rights advocay group. Regionally, he expanded his country’s historically hostile relations with #India to now also include an aggressive posture vis a vis the de facto government in #Afghanistan. The Taliban alleges that Islamabad has become a sanctuary for ISIS, and during my recent visit to Central Asia, I heard the same charges from the local experts and officials. If true, this is worse than playing with fire. Where is Gen Munir taking the country? What is his strategy? #Pakistan deserves better.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

This is a big deal coming from the co-chairs of the Pakistan Caucus -- @Tom_Suozzi & @RepJackBergman -- demanding the State Dept safeguard Imran Khan in prison as concern about his safety grows

[Brain Unwashed @BrainUnwash3d]

@waqarkhan Harram khorr buzdail qaom bus video hi ban sakti hai.