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.
@Salma4everPTI No he didn't use the kashmir video for publicity stunt. They pranked about him leaving the show with no proper explanation. People started wondering themselves that he was removed by some higher authority because of his Kashmir video.
@PyarAfzal@talhaahmad127 Hone ko tou bht kch hona chahye.. apko 150k ki job mil gyi thi graduation k baad? It's either you start working and grow gradually or wait for a miracle to happen.
Nobody's getting appointment letter with starting 150k salary right after graduation. You gotta work your way up.
My information & insights on the whole development have widened since writing this tweet. I let this tweet stay as proof of my misjudgment! Mistakes should exist for record & reference!
Information now at my disposal makes me believe that Pakistan Army’s role has only been that of a “Helpless Messenger” that has repeatedly been used to relieve President Trump. Before text for Shahbaz Sharif tweet arrived from Washington, they were clueless & were preparing for the US Attacks to wipe out “Iran’s Civilization” - the decision to call off attacks is entirely “Made in America” and has to be understood in the context of American debate & Iran’s hard resistance till the 11th hour - I did a usual Pakistani sin of believing in the sincerity of Pakistan Army leadership. Feeling of pride for your motherland never dies - but it often takes you to wrong analysis. I let this tweet stand as proof of “Error of Judgement” @ryangrim@HNadim87@ErikSperling@Hoffman8Jon
عمران خان کیخلاف مسلسل 3 انتخابات میں دھاندلی کی گئی 2013 میں 2018 میں اور 2024 میں تو پورا الیکشن ہی چوری کرلیا گیا لیکن جرنیلوں کا بیانیہ دیکھیں کہ عمران خان کو ہم نے لانچ کیا یہ پاکستان کی تاریخ کا سب سے بڑا جھوٹ ہے!
A court-appointed lawyer has claimed that jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been left with just 15 percent vision in his right eye after authorities allegedly ignored his complaints for three months, adding another layer of contention over his imprisonment.
عمران خان کی صحت کی خبر، ان کی آنکھ کی بینائی کی مزید خرابی کا خدشہ اور اس کا بچاؤ، عجلت کا تقاضا کرتا ہے۔ عمران خان نے، ان نو سو سے زائد دنوں میں کبھی بھی اپنے لئے کچھ نہیں مانگا۔ ہمیشہ اپنے لوگوں کے حقوق کی بات کی اور آج بھی پاکستانیوں کے حقوق کے تحفظ کے لئے ڈٹے ہوئے ہیں۔ کل بھی انہوں نے کہا میں اپنے بنیادی حقوق سے سوا کچھ نہیں مانگتا۔ ان کی آنکھ کی بیماری، جلد از جلد علاج اور توجہ مانگتی ہے۔ اس رپورٹ کے بعد بھی، عدالتوں اور ان کو کنٹرول کرنے والے کی غفلت، اور مقتدرہ کی خاموشی جرم ہے۔ میرا سوال ہے کہ کیا ایک قیدی کو اگر ایمرجنسی علاج کی ضرورت ہو تو یوں تاخیر برتی جاتی ہے؟ کیا ہمارے ملک میں جیل اور قیدیوں کے کوئی قوانین ہیں یا سب معطل کر دیئے گئے ہیں؟ یہ غفلت ہم خاندان والوں کے لئے اذیت کا باعث بن رہی ہے۔ عدلیہ اور جیل کے عہدے داران، وہ سب جو حکم کے انتظار میں خاموش بیٹھے ہیں، ان سب کو ایک دن جوابدہ ہونا ہوگا۔ جنہوں نے عمران خان پر دو بار قاتلانہ حملہ کروایا، وہ سوچے سمجھے پلان کے تحت تاخیر کررہے ہیں، اگر آنکھ میں clot ہو تو ان کی باقی صحت کے بارے میں بھی خطرات ہوتے ہیں۔ اس مجرمانہ غفلت کے نتائج بہت برے ہوں گے۔ اس غفلت کے مرتکب تمام ذمہ داران کے خلاف ہم کاروائی کریں گے۔ فیصلہ ساز، عاصم منیر سے مشورے لینے اور اس کا حکم ماننے کے بجائے عمران کی صحت پر توجہ دیں۔ کیونکہ ذمہ داروں میں آپ کا نام آئے گا۔ ہم عمران خان کی اپنے معالج سے فوری چیک اپ اور ان کی آنکھ کے علاج کے لئے بہترین ریٹینا اسپلشسٹ کا مطالبہ کرتے ہیں۔
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered an urgent medical review for former PM Imran Khan after reports emerged that he has lost 85% of the vision in his right eye due to medical neglect in prison https://t.co/PqVAfObLb5
The Man Who Saw (Cricket’s) Tomorrow, Imran Khan has lost his vision in the jail. They say his vision is now only 15 percent and that’s such a sad story
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.
Imran Khan is in Allah’s protection. He is protected by the duas of millions who pray for him every day. Inshallah he will be fine. Do not get distracted by these diversion tactics by the government and their operatives. We must remain focused on implementing Imran Khan’s directions. Our family dont just want a meeting with Imran Khan, we are demanding his immediate RELEASE from illegal imprisonment and solitary confinement.
When the Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court is deliberately obstructing Imran Khan’s access to justice and consequently, his freedom, we are left with no choice but to exercise our constitutional right to collective protest and apply sustained pressure to secure his release. On 8 February 2024, through their vote, Pakistanis collectively defeated tyranny and fascism. This was Pakistan’s silent revolution, a revolution carried out through the power of the ballot, not violence, but unity and resolve. On 8 February 2026, we must raise our voices through silence against the theft of our mandate on 8 February 2024. Stay at home. Close all shops, businesses, and transport. Build the pressure until justice is served. They cannot arrest us for staying at home!
I am a sister, and today my question is directed towards the corridors of power. According to multiple journalists and media sources, our brother, Imran Khan, was taken under the cover of the night to the PIMS Hospital on the pretext of eye treatment. He was kept there for three hours, and then transferred back to Adiala Jail in an atmosphere of extreme mystery and terrifying silence.
If this news is true, it is not merely oppression, it is a blatant crime. Why does no one have the courage to tell the truth to Imran Khan’s family and lawyers? Who is this being hidden from, and on whose orders? What treatment is our brother being subjected to inside the jail, and why are our family and lawyers being kept in the dark?
Imran Khan is not just another prisoner. He is the hope of this nation To endanger his health is nothing less than an attempt to blind the entire country.
This is no longer a request, it is a final warning!
Immediately allow Imran Khan’s family, personal doctors, and lawyers to meet him, make his complete medical reports public, and inform the nation why and in what conditions our brother was taken to the hospital under the cover of the night.
Remember, if even the slightest harm comes to Imran Khan’s eye, this injustice will not be buried in silence. After that, no one else’s eyes will remain safe.
My father, Imran Khan, has now spent over 900 days in a death cell with no family visits and no access to his personal doctors. Credible reports confirm he has been diagnosed with central retinal vein occlusion, a dangerous blockage that can lead to permanent vision loss if not treated through urgent medical intervention in a proper hospital.
Yet authorities continue to block his treatment and deny him the doctors he trusts. I am even denied the right to speak to him. This is not governance. This is authoritarian cruelty.
I call on every defender of human rights to act before it is too late. The world must see that in Pakistan today, democracy is hollow and basic human rights are being crushed.