Australia is hilarious because it has US rents and property prices but with salaries half that of the US, so you end up with ridiculous shit like this, real estate agents promoting 3 bedroom units like it’s MTV cribs
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.
I have asked the Punjab CM to ensure that every health facility in the country is made available for Nawaz Sharif to get the treatment of his choice. The federal govt will assist wherever required. I wish him good health.
آواز دروں —•—
پی ٹی آئ کے قائد عمران خان کی الشفا ھسپتال منتقلی اور انکی
ھمشیرہ و ڈاکٹر کی ان سے ملاقات کا عدالتی فیصلہ خوش آئند ھے
اس فیصلے سے عدلیہ کا کھویا ھوا وقار بحال ھو گا ،
سچ یہ ھے کہ اس فیصلے سے میرے دل کا بوجھ کچھ کم ھوا ھے ۔۔ برسات کی حبس زدہ رُت میں یہ فیصلہ ٹھنڈی ھوا کا جھونکا ھے ۔۔
اس فیصلہ پر معزز جج صاحبان مبارکباد کے مستحق ھیں ، اگر اسمیں ریاستی منشا شامل ھے تو اسے بھی سراھا جانا چاھئیے ۔۔۔
سابق وزیر اعظم عمران خان کی صحت اور زندگی انتہائ اھم ھیں ، اسپر کوئ سمجھوتہ نہیں ھونا چاھئیے ، انکی جماعت اور اھل خانہ کو بھی اس حوالہ سے آئیندہ محتاط اور ذمہ دارانہ کردار ادا کرنا چاھئیے ۔۔ انکا ذمہ دارانہ رویہ اگلے راستے کھُلنے کی صورت متعین کرسکتا ھے ۔۔
ھم پہلے بھی ان صفحات پر عمران خان صاحب کے اھل ِ خانہ کی ملاقاتوں پر پابندی کے خاتمے اور انکی مرضی کے ڈاکٹرز تک انکی رسائ کے حق میں آواز بلند کرتے رھے ھیں
ھماری اطلاعات کے مطابق حکومت نے انکے علاج کیلئے ماھر ڈاکٹرز مامور کیے رکھے ھیں اور علاج معالجہ میں اپنے تئیں کوئ کمی نہیں کی لیکن جیلیں بھگتنے والے جانتے ھیں کہ کوئ بھی شخص اتنا طویل عرصہ قید تنہائ میں رکھا جائیگا تو اسکی صحت متاثر ھوۓ بغیر نہیں رہ سکتی
جیل اپنے قیدی کو کسی نہ کسی بیماری کا تحفہ ضرور دیتی ھے ، یہ آپ بیتی بھی اور جگ بیتی بھی ۔۔۔
اگر قیدی آپکا سیاسی مخالف ھو تو اسکی حفاظت اور حقوق کی ادائیگی اشد ضروری ھو جاتی ھے
بہتر ھوتا کہ حکومت یہ فیصلہ خود کرتی بہر حال دیر آید درست آید کے مصداق اب فریقین ذمہ داری کا مظاھرہ کریں اور عمران خان صاحب کیلئے آسانی کا معاملہ پیدا ھونے دیا جاۓ
ڈاکٹر یاسمین راشد ، اعجاز چوھدری ، عمر چیمہ ، میاں محمود الرشید سمیت PTI کے باقی اسیران بھی ایسی توجہ کے حقدار ھیں
اس موقع پر طعنہ زنی ، گالی گلوچ اور انکے دور ِ اقتدار کی سختیاں یاد کرنیکے یا دھرانے کی قطعاً کوئ ضرورت نہیں ھے !!!
@KhawajaMAsif Allah tujy dunya aur akhrit men barbad kary. Kesay shakhs ha tu. Agar nawaz sharif bi yahan hota to usko bi health k basics rights milny chaye thay. Allah tujy bi aisy halat sy guzary ameen.
Imran Khan, the former Pakistan prime minister and legendary cricket captain, will be moved from his “death cell” in prison to hospital amid concerns about his health.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered on Tuesday that Khan, 73, should be moved to hospital, having been in jail for the last three years for a string of cases following his ousting as prime minister in 2022⤵️
https://t.co/BSFORuHRwb
Yesterday, I gathered with residents at the Allama Iqbal Community Center’s Mela to commemorate Pakistan’s Independence Day and honor the contributions Pakistani New Yorkers have made to our city.
Today and everyday, we celebrate this community whose open arms, determination, and dreams for a better life have helped shape the city they call home.
An honor to host the Pakistan Ministry of Interior, Mohsin Naqvi, here at Headquarters – the @FBI deeply appreciates their support as we protect US interests in the region. Important discussion surrounding facilitating resources and specialized training to combat counterterrorism financing and cyber investigations both at home and abroad.
Our partnership is critical and we look forward to more success ahead.