Hina Nadeem

[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.

[Vikrant Gupta @vikrantgupta73]

BREAKING NEWS: 22 Former international cricket captains have once again written a letter to Pakistan PM over the treatment for Imran Khan. They first wrote a similar letter in February and this one comes after Pak allegedly didn’t completely comply with SC directions.
They have laid down 3 demands:
1. That the medical board directed by the Supreme Court — including Mr Khan's own doctors — be permitted to complete a full and independent assessment of his health, particularly the reported loss of vision in his right eye.
2. That the weekly family visits reinstated by the Court be honoured without interruption or administrative delay.
3. That whatever the outcome of that medical assessment, the treatment recommended by it be provided without delay.

Three Indians - Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar are among the 22 former captains.
#ImranKhan

[Zac Goldsmith @ZacGoldsmith]

What is happening to @imrankhanPTI is an abuse on every conceivable level.
Passively monitoring the situation is plainly not enough. It is time for active diplomacy.
-An urgent letter to Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband

[Aleema khan @ikhan_17]

عمران خان کو ہسپتال منتقل کرنے کا حکم : یہ خبر عالمی میڈیا پر ٹاپ بریکنگ نیوز ہے اسے جتنا ہو سکے شیئر کریں۔۔

[Baji Please @BajiPlease]

Seeing my timeline filled with overwhelming support for Imran Khan, prayers for his health & the simple wish of just catching a glimpse of him at the hospital, is such a refreshing sight. This man is truly l.o.v.e.d. ❤️

[noor🍓|quaidi no. 804 stan @stfumoik]

since tomorrow is 14th august and some people might feel the seasonal patriotic surge, i must inform you all that the man who represented this country internationally and gave it three free cancer hospitals, is illegally imprisoned. there is no person more patriotic than him.

[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.

[Noreen Khanum @noreen_khanum]

اہم سوال!
اگر ہم اپنے بھائی کے لئے عمر کے اس حصے میں کتنی تکلیف سے گزر رہے ہیں،
کبھی پولیس اڈیالہ جیل کے باہر سے زبردستی اٹھا کر چکری پہ چھوڑ آتی ہے کبھی ہمیں واٹر شیل مارتے ہیں کبھی راستوں میں کئی کئی ناکے لگا کر ان کو روک لیا جاتا ہے، اگر ہم اتن جرات اور بہادری سے ڈٹ کر کھڑے ہے جس طرح عمران خان بہادری سے کھڑا ہے تو آپ اپنے لیڈر کے لئے کیوں نہیں نکل سکتے ؟
کیا آپ وہ درد محسوس کیوں نہیں کر سکتے جو ہم اپنے بھائی کے لیے محسوس کررہے ہیں؟
وہ عمران خان جنہوں نے پاکستان کے لیے کیا کچھ نہیں کیا اور آج صرف پاکستانیوں کے لیے جیل میں مشکل ترین حالات میں بیماری کی حالت میں آپ سے نکلنے کے لئے کہہ رہا ہے لیکن کچھ لوگوں کے علاوہ باقی آپ سب خاموش تماشائی بنے بیٹھے ہیں ؟
#AllowAccessToImranKhan

[Vikrant Gupta @vikrantgupta73]

Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar among 14 former international cricket captains requesting Pakistan Govt for fair medical treatment, dignified detention conditions and fair trial for Imran Khan
These guys have shown how they may have been rivals on the field but will be friends forever
IMP: The list has no Pakistani name on it. Sad

[Khan Visionary @KhanVisionary]

PTI are going to use this report to try and end the shut-down saying 'Imran Khan is fine'.

Firstly, remember that the report is very highly likely false.

Secondly, our objective isn't treatment, it's the release of Imran Khan.

We end the shut-down when Imran Khan returns only.

[Ahmad Hassan Bobak @ahmad__bobak]

Finally Pakistani Nation finds the right way to protest alone 🔥

[Enkidu Reborn @enkidureborn]

ہائے محبت

[Pakistan Walli @pakistanwalli]

Imran Khan has not lost sight in one eye; the military has taken it from him.

[Faizan Shaikh @FaiziWithKhan]

One World Cup, One university, Three cancer hospitals, Thirty years of political struggle and family sacrifice, Four bullets, Three years in jail, One eye,No crime, Still standing, What a man.

[PTI @PTIofficial]

No deals. No surrender. Just resilience

[Kasim Khan @Kasim_Khan_1999]

My father has been under arrest for 845 days. For the past six weeks, he has been kept in solitary confinement in a death cell with zero transparency. His sisters have been denied every visit, even with clear court orders allowing access. There have been no phone calls, no meetings and no proof of life. Me and my brother have had no contact with our father.

This absolute blackout is not a security protocol. It is a deliberate attempt to hide his condition and prevent our family from knowing whether he is safe.

Let it be clear: the Pakistani government and its handlers will be held fully accountable legally, morally and internationally for my father’s safety and for every consequence of this inhumane isolation.

I call on the international community, global human rights organisations and every democratic voice to intervene urgently. Demand proof of life, enforce court ordered access, end this inhumane isolation and call for the release of Pakistan’s most popular political leader who is being held solely for political reasons.

[perpetually @lostinkitaabein]

According to Islamic traditions, the first realm of life is in Aalam-e-Arwah. The realm of souls. The Prophet (SAW) said that souls who knew each other in the land of souls would find each other in this world too.

[Muhammad Faizan Fuzail @mfaizanfuzail]

Vivas/interviews are discriminatory against introverts. They don't even speak much to their family and friends. You really think they are going to express themselves to you, regardless of whether they know the answer?