Osama Shamim

Looking for change in mindsets and way of living.

[Osama Shamim @OsamaShamim]

Time to call in the bois #USElection2016 #ElectionDay #Election2016

[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.

[Fatima PTI @FatimaPTI_IK]

عمران خان کو دنیا 50 سال سے جانتی ہے ۔۔۔۔ دنیا عمران خان کی بات سنتی ہے

[Jemima Goldsmith @Jemima_Khan]

I usually don’t comment on Pakistani politics. I disagree with IK on many political issues. But this is not about politics- it’s about my children’s father, his human rights & international law. For the past few years, I’ve been bullied & harassed into silence by PML-N goons, including rape threats & countless conspiracy theories. Meanwhile Twitter/ X is banned in Pakistan, PTI party members & civilian supporters have been abducted, anyone with a platform who was speaking out is now in jail & silenced, Imran Khan’s photo and name have been censored on state television (they have even redacted his image from any coverage of Pakistan’s World Cup win of 92!)
I owe it to my children to try to create some awareness about what is happening in Pakistan. Please help in any way that you can. Thank you.

[Adeel Azhar @adeel_azhar]

This video is so satisfying.... In bayghairaton ko is qoum ne kya middle finger dikhayee hai!

[Osama Shamim @OsamaShamim]

@adeel_azhar Same in NA-238, but people started raising their voices, then they started polling.

[Osama Shamim @OsamaShamim]

What is the future of 50 over cricket, this was one of the most boring / one-sided world cup (after 2007) #AskThePavilion

[Osama Shamim @OsamaShamim]

Need of the hour for Pakistan
#آئین_بچاؤ_ملک_بچاؤ #FixDAR #IMFMeetings

[Michael Kugelman @MichaelKugelman]

Today was a downright dreadful day for democracy in Pakistan.

[Osama Shamim @OsamaShamim]

@SSGC_Official my home has been closed since last one and a half year, attached is my KElectric bill. Why have i been charged PUG charges? when it is your mistake, why am i being asked to come to your customer center? Why cant you resolve this online?

[Osama Shamim @OsamaShamim]

@SSGC_Official I just tried to lodge a complaint on unjustified billing on your helpline 1199, Mr Muzammil Ali refused to lodge my complain and asked me to visit customer center.

My customer number is 5749440000, i have been charged PUG charges since last two months, my home

[Meher Bokhari @meherbokhari]

If I cant breathe, just imagine what his family must be going through. #ArshadSharifShaheed
خالق معاف کر دے

[Osama Shamim @OsamaShamim]

Ab main kis ko support karun Sunday ko? #BleedGreen #DawaiLainayGaya

[Adeel Azhar @adeel_azhar]

Lanat beshumar unke muun pe jo isko drama keh rahay hain!

[Adeel Azhar @adeel_azhar]

Ye kya thaa Rizwan! 😢

[Osama Shamim @OsamaShamim]

لَآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اللہُ مُحَمَّدُ رَّسُولُ اللہ# PTI

[Salman Iqbal ARY @Salman_ARY]

Many people are telling me that @ARYNEWSOFFICIAL has been shut down in many areas in #punjab ! Especially PTCL!!! I imagine why 🤔. #azadiyasahafat #pakistan

[Azhar Mashwani @MashwaniAzhar]

جو لوگ سوال پوچھتے ہیں کہ عمران خان نے امریکی سازش کو بےنقاب کرنے کے لیے 20 دن کیوں انتظار کیا:

[Osama Shamim @OsamaShamim]

@cane_punjab How do you ensure payment of growers, is there a requirement from sugar mills for periodic submission of their dues to growers outstanding?

[Dr. Omar Suleiman @omarsuleiman]

When the ruling party of the world’s “largest democracy” tweets this photo, it’s clear where we are heading. Absolutely horrifying, and fully matches what is happening with hijab school ban, fascist laws, and the continued illegal occupation of Kashmir.