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.
“اس ملک کے ججوں کو خود پر شرم آنی چاہیے۔ ہم نے بارہا عدلیہ سے رجوع کیا، لیکن انہوں نے اپنی ذاتی مراعات کے عوض اپنے ضمیر کا سودا کر لیا ہے۔ انہوں نے اپنی دیانتداری بیچ ڈالی ہے۔
وہ جانتے ہیں کہ وہ مجھے توڑ نہیں سکتے، اس لیے وہ میری اہلیہ کو اذیت پہنچاتے ہیں۔ صرف مجھے بلیک میل کرنے کے لیے ججز بشریٰ بی بی کے ساتھ اس قدر غیر انسانی سلوک کی اجازت کیسے دے سکتے ہیں؟ انہیں دن کے 24 گھنٹے قید تنہائی میں رکھا جاتا ہے، اور پورے ہفتے میں مجھ سے ملاقات کے محض 30 منٹ دئیے جاتے ہیں، اور اکثر تو اس ملاقات پر بھی پابندی عائد کر دی جاتی ہے۔ اسلام میں عورتوں، بچوں اور بزرگوں کو نقصان پہنچانے کی ممانعت ہے۔ ان کے مقاصد بالکل واضح ہیں۔
جج معاشرے میں انصاف کے ذمہ دار ہوتے ہیں، لیکن اس ملک کے ججز کو خود پر شرم آنی چاہیے” -
ناحق قید سابق وزیرِ اعظم پاکستان عمران خان کا اڈیالہ جیل سے اپنے بیٹوں سے ٹیلی فونک گفتگو کے دوران پیغام
(21 مارچ، 2026)
The world, Europe, and Spain have faced this critical moment before. In 2003, a few irresponsible leaders dragged us into an illegal war in the Middle East that brought nothing but insecurity and pain.
Our response then must be our response now:
NO to violations of international law.
NO to the illusion that we can solve the world’s problems with bombs.
NO to repeating the mistakes of the past.
NO TO WAR.
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Putting politics aside,our national hero who gave us our greatest glory on the sporting field,cancer hospital helped so many, including my own mother,is suffering a health emergency and requires urgent treatment.I humbly request the related authorities he gets the appropriate treatment in a timely manner. Get well soon skipper. Wishing him a complete and speedy recovery @ImranKhanPTI
It is heartbreaking to hear our skipper Imran Khan going through health issues. I sincerely hope the authorities take this seriously and ensure he receives the best possible medical care. Wishing him strength, a speedy recovery, and a full return to good health. possible medical care. Wishing him strength, a speedy recovery, and a full return to good health.
A detailed report by the “Amicus Curiae” appointed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on the health and prison conditions of arbitrarily detained former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan reveals disturbing details of serious human rights violations, inhumane treatment, psychological torture, and deliberate medical neglect, which has resulted in 85% vision loss in his right eye. Here are some highlights from the report:
یہ وہ قیامت ہےجو خون کے پیاسےمجرموں کےکرپٹ گروہ نےقوم پر ڈھائی ہے۔انہوں نےہمارا آئین،ہمارےبنیادی حقوق اور قانون کی حکمرانی کو پامال کیاہے۔خواتین سمیت تحریک کےمعصوم اور نہتےکارکنوں کوپولیس کی بدترین وحشت وتشدد کانشانہ بنایاگیاجبکہ زیرِحراست ایک کارکن کو موت کی نیند سلا دیا گیاہے
یہ مناظر زندگی بھر میرے ساتھ رہیں گے۔ آنسو گیس کے (تکلیف دہ) اثرات زائل کرنے کیلئے سر پر پانی انڈیلتے اور دیوانہ وار جھومتے ہوئے بلند کی جانےوالی آزادی کی یہ والہانہ اور پرجوش صدائیں! ماشاءاللہ ایک قوم بالآخر بیدار ہو رہی اور آزادی مانگ رہی ہے۔
حقیقی آزادی کے حوالے سے ہمارے نوجوانوں میں موجود تڑپ ہی تو ہے جس کیلئے میں نے ہمیشہ رب العزت سے دعا کی کہ ایک روز میری قوم کو اس سے آشنا کردے! وہ قومیں جن کے نوجوان آزادی کو اپنی زندگیوں سےبالا شمار کرتےہیں، واقعتاً کارنامے سرانجام دیتی ہیں۔
Political differences notwithstanding, my sincere prayers are with Nawaz Sharif for his health. I have directed all concerned to ensure provision of the best possible health care and medical treatment to him.
رپورٹس کے مطابق عمران خان (central retinal vein occlusion) سے متاثر ہیں۔ اگرچہ ہم اس کی خود آزادانہ تصدیق نہیں کر سکتے، لیکن ہم شدید تشویش کا شکار ہیں اور درخواست کرتے ہیں کہ شوکت خانم ہسپتال کی ایک ٹیم کو فوری طور پر ان کے علاج میں شامل ہونے کی اجازت دی جائے۔
#SKMCH
”تحریک انصاف کی پولیٹیکل کمیٹی میں آج ختم کر رہا ہوں- پارٹی کے سیکرٹری جنرل سلمان اکرم راجہ کے پاس مکمل اختیارات ہیں، وہ ایک نئی مختصر کمیٹی بنائیں جو سیاسی حکمت عملی وضع کرے اور اس پر عملدرآمد کروائے-
شاہد خٹک کو قومی اسمبلی میں تحریک انصاف کا پارلیمانی لیڈر نامزد کرتا ہوں۔
پاکستان بار کے انتخابات میں تحریک انصاف متحد ہو کر ان امیدواروں کی بھر پور حمایت کرے جنھیں سلمان اکرم راجہ اور حامد خان نامزد کریں۔ خیبر پختونخوا کے وکلأ، بارز اور ILF کے معاملات کا سہیل آفریدی خود جائزہ لیں اور بہتری کے لیے ضروری فیصلے خود کریں۔
زراعت ہماری معیشت کی ریڑھ کی ہڈی ہے اس کا موجودہ حال پریشان کن ہے۔ کسانوں کے حقوق پر جس طرح ڈاکہ ڈالا جا رہا ہے، اس پر انتہائی افسوس ہے“
اڈیالہ جیل میں نا حق قید سابق وزیراعظم پاکستان عمران خان کی ایک ماہ قید تنہائی کے بعد اپنی بہن سے ہونے والی ملاقات میں گفتگو (2 دسمبر، 2025)
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I want to thank all the people at our Abbotabad jalsa for their passion & awareness about the foreign conspiracy of regime change against Pakistan's democratically elected govt and the crooked stooges who have been installed. #امپورٹڈ__حکومت__نامنظور
Today I laid the foundation for 1st of 5 shelters for the homeless in Lahore & one in Pindi to be followed by shelters in other cities. We are committed to building a social net for our poor citizens so everyone has a shelter over his/her head & access to health & education
Mehmood Khan Achakzai and Allama Raja Nasir Abbas are extremely respectable to me. They are pro-democracy and principled individuals. I am surprised that their notification has not yet been issued. I direct Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s parliamentary group to protest this matter before the Speaker and Chairman Senate so that their notification as Leader of the Opposition may be issued. Moreover, for any movement against the existing system, PTI must fully comply with any call issued by Tehreek Tahaffuz-e-Ayeen Pakistan.
I hereby dissolve the PTI Political Committee. The party’s Secretary-General, Salman Akram Raja, has full authority to constitute a new, concise committee that will devise political strategy and ensure its implementation.
I nominate Shahid Khattak as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Parliamentary Leader in the National Assembly.
In the Pakistan Bar elections, PTI must unite to fully support those candidates nominated by Salman Akram Raja and Hamid Khan. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the matters of the lawyers, the bars and the ILF shall be reviewed personally by Sohail Afridi, who will take whatever decisions are necessary for improvement.
Agriculture is the backbone of our economy, and its current state is alarming. The way the rights of farmers are being plundered is extremely regrettable.”
Conversation with his sister by the unjustly imprisoned former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, after one month of solitary confinement in Adiala Jail (December 2, 2025) 2/2