Syed Hammad Hassan

[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.

[Jemima Goldsmith @Jemima_Khan]

As my X account has been “throttled” acc to @grok - after a deal was done between @elonmusk & the Pakistani government to lift their x ban, this is a request to UK based Pakistanis an any of those who are able to read this tweet (unlike those in Pakistan) to please RT and help get this message out.

[Jemima Goldsmith @Jemima_Khan]

My sons Sulaiman & @kasim_khan_1999 applied for visas in January (again… ) to allow them to visit their father @ImranKhanPTI in Pakistan. The Pakistan consulate states that online visa processing normally takes 7–10 working days. It has now been 60 days. This despite the public promise that they could safely travel there to see their father after 4 years, made by both Defence Minister @khawajaMAsif to @mehdirhasan & PM spokesperson @mosharrafzaidi to @SkyYaldaHakim
Meanwhile, they are not allowed to speak to him on the phone, nor send him a letter. They haven’t seen him since 2022 after he was shot in an assassination attempt.
This is an appeal directly to Pakisan’s PM @CMShehbaz to please allow Imran Khan’s two sons to see their father asap, particularly since, by all accounts, his health is in decline.

[Hammad Azhar @Hammad_Azhar]

Maryam: Just fake it guys & smile.
Nawaz: I cant! I feel crap.
Shahbaz: YaAllah meinu chuk lay..

[Hamid Mir حامد میر @HamidMirPAK]

شاعروں سے خوفزدہ طاقتور لوگو! تمہاری اصل طاقت صرف تمہاری وردی ہے جب تم ریٹائر ہو جاؤ گے تو اپنا منہ چھپاتے پھرو گے لیکن لاپتہ شاعر کا نام ہمیشہ زندہ رہے گا #EndEnforcedDisappearances

[International Human Rights Foundation @IHRF_English]

#Pakistan🇵🇰 The blocking of Youtube, the closure of newspapers and TV channels, the forced dismissal & exile of journalists, the arbitrary arrest of peaceful political opponents, the false indictment of innocent citizens on terrorism charges… deserve only one name: DICTATORSHIP.

[Syed Hammad Hassan @SyedHHassan]

#امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور

[Kamran Khan @AajKamranKhan]

ورلڈ ریکارڈ:اکیسویں صدی عجوبے سے کم نہیں Twitter Space ورچوئل عالمی جلسہ گاہ جہاں بنا روک ٹوک دنیا سے لاکھوں لوگ جمع ہوکر تبادلہ خیال کرسکتے ہیں کل رات عالمی ریکارڈ بنا جب کراچی سے میلبورن ٹیکساس سے تھائی لینڈ تک لاکھوں عمران خان شیدائی انکی حمایت میں اکٹھے ہوئے انہیں گھنٹوں سنا

[Syed Hammad Hassan @SyedHHassan]

#امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور

[Syed Hammad Hassan @SyedHHassan]

#امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور

[Ch Fawad Hussain @fawadchaudhry]

BOTs in London:) #
#امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور

[Syed Hammad Hassan @SyedHHassan]

#امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور

[Imran Riaz Khan @ImranRiazKhan]

ہن آرام اے
#امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور

[Imran Riaz Khan @ImranRiazKhan]

میں نے کئی ماہ پہلے گزارش کی تھی کہ کوئی ایڈوینچر نہ کرنا۔ پنگا پڑ جائے گا۔ پوچھنا تھا کہ "ہن آرام اے"
#امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور

[Kamran Khan @AajKamranKhan]

قومی اسمبلی 174 اراکین سپریم کورٹ 5 رکنی بینچ نے عمران خان کو اقتدار سے رخصت توکردیا مگر گزشتہ چند گھنٹوں میں ناقابل یقین 30 لاکھ سے زائد پاکستانی عمران خان حمایت اس تبدیلی کے خلاف ٹوئٹر پراحتجاج ریکارڈ کروا چکے ہیں گویا عام پاکستانیوں اوراداروں کے جذبات میں زمین آسمان کا فرق ہے

[Syed Hammad Hassan @SyedHHassan]

#ImportedGovtNotAcceptable

[Ben Goldsmith @BenGoldsmith]

My brother-in-law @ImranKhanPTI is a good and honourable man, motivated only by a strong desire to do good by his country. His record as PM is exceptional, most of all on the biggest issue of our time: Pakistan under Imran is now a world leader on environmental restoration.🙏

[Syed Hammad Hassan @SyedHHassan]

@VFSGlobal can you please confirm when your centres will be opened for Pakistan ?

[Jemima Goldsmith @Jemima_Khan]

Genuine question: would these two cartoons from the time of my marriage (Times, Private Eye) be printable today? And are they anti- Semitic/ Islamophobic?

[Shaniera Akram @iamShaniera]

Terrorism has no colour, no religion and no country. It is a growing disease spreading in the small minds of this planet and it is deadly. Terrorism is the terminal cancer of humanity!My heart is with the people of NZ,Australia & the whole Islamic community, May Peace be with you

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

My heart goes out to the victims of the horrific terror attack in New Zealand.

We stand in solidarity with the Muslim community in Christchurch and around the world.

We must defeat the bigotry which fuels such hatred and violence.