Sobia

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[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.

[Sobia @Sobia262]

@NaseerAwanX That is why in Pakistan they Ki// them or take their car

[استاد امام دین گجراتی @Ustadimamdin47]

جب سے سپریم کورٹ کا عمران خان کو ہسپتال منتقل کرنے کا فیصلہ آیا ہے نواز شریف ناراض ہیں اور 2 دن سے نہ بھوسہ کھایا ہے اور نہ ہی گوبر کر رہے۔

[Mirza Shahzad Akbar @ShazadAkbar]

راولپنڈی ضلع چھ ماہ کے لیے فوج کے حوالے، وجہ نامعلوم ! کیا کوئی ذاتی خوف میں مبتلا تو نہیں؟

[Moona Sikander @moona_sikander]

کتے کے خون کو اپنا خون کہنے والے کی اولادیں ثابت کر رہی ہیں کہ باپ سچا ہی تھا
اس کا خون پلید ہی ہے

[Abdullah @AbdullahSays99_]

My TL after all the Imran Khan tweets.

[Aleema khan @ikhan_17]

اہم ترین اپیل 🚨
​تمام کارکنان اور رہنماؤں سے التماس ہے کہ ہسپتال کے باہر جمع ہونے سے گریز کریں۔ بھیڑ اور ہجوم کی وجہ سے عمران خان صاحب کے علاج اور میڈیکل سروسز میں دشواری پیش آسکتی ہے۔
​اس وقت عمران خان کی صحت اور ان کا بروقت علاج سب سے پہلی ترجیح ہے۔ تمام ساتھیوں سے تعاون کی درخواست ہے۔

[Umair Raj @Umair_Raj321]

عشق پوائیاں زنجیراں ❤️‍🩹

[MaryaHaq @MaryaHaq]

ہسپتال عمران خان نے آنا ہے
اور شفاء عوام کو ملے گی۔۔۔ ❤‍🩹

[Khaleej Mag @KhaleejMag]

🚨 BREAKING | Pakistan

Nation on edge as jailed former PM Imran Khan’s transfer from Adiala Jail to Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, remains awaited.

Supreme Court ordered the move within 48 hours on Aug 18 amid health concerns (blood pressure, anxiety & eye issues). Medical board including personal physicians to oversee treatment. Stay till at least Sept 16.

Security tight around hospital. Routes restricted. All eyes on implementation.

#ImranKhan #ShifaHospital #Pakistan #PTI

[Sabir Shakir @ARYSabirShakir]

رہا کرو

[Rodium-A @RodiumInsights]

اب کی بار میاں سانپ کا یہ آخری کتبہ ہو گا۔ 😭

[Arslan Baloch @balochi5252]

اللہ بخشے نور جہاں کو،ہر موقع کے لیے گانا گا کر گئی ہیں۔

[Baba Yaga @Dr_Morbius_]

حسن ایوب کو شفا ہسپتال سے باہر نکال دیا گیا

[Fatima PTI @FatimaPTI_IK]

Insafians outside AlShifa hospital 🥹🥺

[Steve Hanke @steve_hanke]

#PAKWatch🇵🇰: Today, following a Supreme Court decision, Imran Khan is set to be FINALLY TRANSFERRED to Shifa Hospital to receive proper medical care.

FIELD MARSHAL ASIM MUNIR'S CORRUPT PAK GOV'T HAS BEEN TRYING TO STOP THIS.

PAK GOV'T = 3RD WORLD = TIME TO TAKE THE EXIT DOOR.

FREE CAPTAIN PAKISTAN.

[Abu Zayyan Awan @LivingInIKEra]

پولیس والوں سے گزارش ہے کہ سیکیورٹی کلیئرنس کیلئے کتوں کی بجائے میاں داؤد ایڈوکیٹ کو سونکھنے کیلئے الشفاء ہوسپٹل لایا جائے!

[Maddy @Maddy_Insights]

پولیس والوں سے گزارش ہے کہ سیکیورٹی کلیئرنس کیلئے کتوں کے بجائے حسن ایوب کو سونکھنے کیلئے الشفاء لا یا جائے

[Mian Abbad Farooq @FarooqAbbad]

کس شیر کی امد ہے کہ رن کانپ رہا ہے