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 judges in this country should be ashamed of themselves. Time and time again we have gone to the judiciary. But they have sold their souls for their paid personal privileges. They have sold their integrity. They know they cannot break me, so they turn to my wife. How they can allow this inhumane treatment to Bushra BiBi, simply to blackmail me. She spends 24 hours a day in isolation, except for 30 minutes with me per week - and even that is often ignored. It is unislamic to harm women, children and the elderly - and their motives are plain and clear. The judges are responsible for the justice in a society. They should be ashamed of themselves.”
Illegally Incarcerated Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, speaking to his sons on phone from Adiala Jail - (March 21, 2026)
Yesterday I spoke to my father. He asked me to relay the following message:
“The judges in this country should be ashamed of themselves. Time and time again we have gone to the judiciary. But they have sold their souls for their paid personal privileges. They have sold their integrity. They know they cannot break me, so they turn to my wife. How they can allow this inhumane treatment to Bushra BiBi, simply to blackmail me. She spends 24 hours a day in isolation, except for 30 minutes with me per week - and even that is often ignored. It is unislamic to harm women, children and the elderly - and their motives are plain and clear. The judges are responsible for the justice in a society. They should be ashamed of themselves.”
We all know that the reason you are refusing their visas and recommending they travel on NICOP cards (which they don’t have presently) is because that way they will have no British protection if you choose to arrest them on arrival.
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.
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.
او جنگاں دو ڈکٹیٹراں نو نوکری پکی کرنی سی ایہہ جنگ عمر ابن الخطاب لڑ ریا۔
چک پاکستانیوں جتی تے افغاناں دے نال مل کے اینا نو چھتر مارو۔
دو دو ٹکے دے پنجابی پورے ملک دے مالک بن گئے سالے۔
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
We have been informed that my father, Imran Khan, has lost most of the vision in his right eye, with reports indicating only 15% eyesight remains. This is the direct consequence of 922 days of solitary confinement, medical neglect (denied blood tests) and the deliberate denial of proper treatment in jail.
The responsibility lies squarely with the regime in power, the Army Chief and the puppets enabling this cruelty. This physical deterioration is happening under their orders, their watch and their responsibility. They have manipulated and warped the justice system in order to keep my father in solitary confinement.
My brother and I are still being denied visas to see our father as his health deteriorates. History will record this injustice.
We urge human rights bodies, legal institutions and democratic nations to confront this persecution and ensure those responsible face consequences.
A personal plea to @elonmusk
My two sons have not been allowed to see or speak to their father Imran Khan who has been held unlawfully (acc to the UN) for 22 months of solitary confinement.
X is the only place left where we can still tell the world he is a political prisoner without basic human rights.
Yet every time I post about him, the reach inside Pakistan (and often globally) is throttled to almost zero.
You promised free speech, not “speech but no one hears it”.
Please fix the visibility filtering on my account so we can get the message out! @MarioNawfal
“وادی تیراہ میں بمباری سے معصوم بچوں، عورتوں اور عام شہریوں کے جانی نقصان پر میں شدید رنجیدہ ہوں۔ میں ایک سال سے بارہا اس بارے میں پیغام بھیج رہا ہوں کہ ان علاقوں میں آپریشن نہ کیا جائے اور نہ ہی collateral damage کے نام پر معصوم لوگوں کی جانوں کا ضیاع ہونا چاہیئے، کیونکہ اس سے دہشتگردی میں مزید اضافہ ہوتا ہے- افسوس کی بات ہے کہ خیبرپختونخوا حکومت اس معاملے میں اسٹیبلشمنٹ کے ٹریپ میں آگئی ہے۔
ہمارے پڑوسی ملک افغانستان کی مثال سب کے سامنے ہے۔ ہمارے دور میں اشرف غنی نے ہمیں بتایا کہ آپریشن سے دہشتگردی میں اضافہ ہوتا ہے کیونکہ معصوم لوگ مارے جاتے ہیں اس سے پہلے حامد کرزئی نے امریکیوں کو بتایا تھا کہ جب بھی آپریشن ہوتا ہے بے گناہ لوگ مارے جاتے ہیں اور ان میں سے 90 فیصد طالبان کے ساتھ اس لیے شامل ہوتے ہیں تاکہ اپنے غم و غصے کا اظہار کر سکیں۔
ہم نے اپنے دور میں افغانستان کے ساتھ تعلقات بہتر کیے جس سے ہمارے قبائلی علاقوں میں بھی امن آیا، مگر عاصم منیر نے آتے ہی اس ماحول کو خراب کرنے کی کوشش کی۔ افغانستان کے خلاف دھمکی آمیز بیانات دئیے گئے، دہائیوں سے مقیم افغان مہاجرین کو خوش اسلوبی سے نہیں بلکہ دھکے دے کر ملک بدر کیا گیا اور وہاں ڈرون حملے کیے گئے جس سے تعلقات مزید خراب ہوئے۔
عاصم منیر کے یہ سب کرنے کے پیچھے یہ مقاصد ہیں
1) خیبرپختونخوا میں تحریک انصاف کی حکومت کو غیر مقبول کرنا
2) مغرب میں اینٹی طالبان لابیز کو خوش کرنا اور یہ ظاہر کرنا کہ عاصم منیر دہشتگردی کے خلاف جنگ لڑ رہا ہے
عاصم منیر ساری دنیا میں پھر رہا ہے لیکن اگر تدبر سے کام لے تو سب سے پہلے افغانستان جا کر ان سے بات کرنی چاہیے، جو ہمارا برادر اسلامی ملک بھی ہے اور جن کے ساتھ ہم ڈھائی ہزار کلو میٹر کی سرحد رکھتے ہیں۔ قبائلی علاقوں اور خطے کے امن کے لیے ضروری ہے کہ چار فریقین افغانستان کی حکومت، پاکستانی حکومت، قبائلی اور افغانی عوام مل کر بات چیت کے ذریعے مسائل کا حل نکالیں تاکہ امن کا راستہ نکلے اور مزید نقصان سے بچا جا سکے”
سابق وزیراعظم عمران خان کی اڈیالہ جیل میں اہل خانہ اور وکلأ سے گفتگو (24 ستمبر، 2025)
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