The world, Europe, and Spain have faced this critical moment before. In 2003, a few irresponsible leaders dragged us into an illegal war in the Middle East that brought nothing but insecurity and pain.
Our response then must be our response now:
NO to violations of international law.
NO to the illusion that we can solve the world’s problems with bombs.
NO to repeating the mistakes of the past.
NO TO WAR.
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“Shame on them. Shame on these people.”
@Aleema_KhanPK, sister of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, tells @mehdirhasan how Mosharraf Zaidi, the spokesman for the current prime minister, lied about her brother’s living conditions in prison.
My brother and I are trying to travel to Pakistan to see our father. For 914 days, he has been held in solitary confinement while his health deteriorates and he is denied access to independent medical care.
Now the government is deliberately refusing to process our visas. Denying a prisoner treatment is cruel. Denying his children the right to see him is collective punishment. I call on international human rights organisations and governments to speak out and act before irreversible harm is done.
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.
Legend of Pakistan, Prisoner of Conscience … Imran Khan!
Indeed, “he is more than this”.
AI video credits: Murtaza Yousuf’s Instagram Account (in response to DG ISPR’s Who are You Question)
🇵🇰 WHEN SISTERS SIT IN THE COLD FOR JUSTICE, WHAT IMRAN KHAN’S ISOLATION MEANS FOR DEMOCRACY
Imagine this: 3 women, unarmed, sitting outside a prison gate in cold temperatures, not demanding special treatment, not asking for power, just the basic right to see their brother. That brother? Pakistan’s most popular politician, former PM Imran Khan, currently being held in solitary confinement at Adiala Jail.
This isn’t a scene from a movie. It’s happening in real life.
And in the eyes of millions of Pakistanis, and many watchers abroad, it’s the latest sign that Pakistan’s democracy is in free fall.
Khan, once a cricket legend, then a reformist politician swept into power by a frustrated middle class, is now locked away, denied access to the public, his lawyers, his party, even his family. According to his sister Aleema Khan, his mental isolation is deliberate, designed to break him. He’s been permitted only a single 20-minute visit last week, and that with her sister, Dr. Uzma Khan.
He has 3 sisters who try to visit him every Tuesday: Noureen Khan, Dr. Uzma Khan, and Aleema Khan.
In the U.S., this would trigger a national outcry. But in Pakistan, it’s been normalized, even celebrated by parts of the ruling establishment, eager to erase Khan’s influence and memory ahead of upcoming elections.
Let’s be clear for American readers unfamiliar with Pakistan’s political fabric. Imran Khan is not just a political figure, he is the people's voice, commanding support from every corner of the country, particularly the youth. In many polls, he is backed by over 70% of the electorate. He represents the threat that scares entrenched political dynasties and military-backed elites, an independent leader who can’t be bought, silenced, or controlled.
That’s exactly why he’s been imprisoned on dubious charges, disqualified from contesting elections, and subjected to psychological warfare, not just legal punishment. And it’s why his sisters, Aleema Khan, Dr. Uzma Khan, and Noureen Khan, are now facing police blockades, smashed car windows, deflated tires, and intimidation, simply for trying to see their brother.
Yesterday, on top of everything else they were already enduring, cold water from water cannons was turned on them.
Women. Unarmed. Peaceful. Sisters. Being sprayed in winter temperatures by state forces, for daring to ask for a visit.
What’s worse? State TV anchors and government figures mock them openly, questioning their right to protest, calling them “residents” as if their citizenship is conditional on political obedience.
This isn’t just a Pakistani crisis. This is a test of Western credibility. The same governments that preach about human rights and the rule of law cannot stay silent when a U.S. ally imprisons its most popular civilian leader and targets his family.
You don’t have to like Imran Khan’s politics to see the danger here. You just have to believe in due process, human dignity, and the right to peacefully dissent.
Yesterdya, outside Adiala Jail, 3 women stood for all of that, in the cold.
The question is, will anyone stand with them?
چلو شروع سے شروع کرتے ہیں
فیلڈ مارشل ایوب خان کے کتنے بچے جنگ لڑتے شہید ہوئے
جنرل محمد موسیٰ خان کے کتنے بچے جنگ لڑتے شہید ہوئے
جنرل یحییٰ خان کے کتنے بچے جنگ لڑتے شہید ہوئے
جنرل ٹکا خان کے کتنے بچے جنگ لڑتے شہید ہوئے
جنرل گل حسن خان کے کتنے بچے جنگ لڑتے شہید ہوئے
جنرل محمد ضیاء الحق کے کتنے بچے جنگ لڑتے شہید ہوئے
جنرل مرزا اسلم بیگ کے کتنے بچے جنگ لڑتے شہید ہوئے
جنرل آصف نواز جنجوعہ کے کتنے بچے جنگ لڑتے شہید ہوئے
جنرل عبدالوحید کاکر کے کتنے بچے جنگ لڑتے شہید ہوئے
جنرل جہانگیر کرامت کے کتنے بچے جنگ لڑتے شہید ہوئے
جنرل پرویز مشرف کے کتنے بچے جنگ لڑتے شہید ہوئے
جنرل اشفاق پرویز کیانی کے کتنے بچے جنگ لڑتے شہید ہوئے
جنرل راحیل شریف کے کتنے بچے جنگ لڑتے شہید ہوئے
جنرل قمر جاوید باجوہ کے کتنے بچے جنگ لڑتے شہید ہوئے
جنرل عاصم منیر (موجودہ آرمی چیف) کے کتنے بچے جنگ لڑتے شہید ہوئے
ان پندرہ میں سے 13 نے ریٹائرمنٹ کے بعد اس ملک میں رہنا ہی پسند نہیں کیا۔
تو پھر یہ کس منہ سے غداری کے فتویٰ بانٹ رہے ہوتے ہیں جب انہوں نے ریٹائرمنٹ کے بعد اس ملک میں رہنا ہی نہیں ہوتا۔
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