Izza🇵🇸

It do be like that sometimes!

[Izza🇵🇸 @izzaliaquat]

@AseelNa98 .

[Izza🇵🇸 @izzaliaquat]

@HasanEssam29636 ...

[Izza🇵🇸 @izzaliaquat]

Its been 2 years ..unbelievable!!

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨🇵🇰 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: IMRAN KHAN’S SONS BREAK THEIR SILENCE

Every once in a while, I conduct an interview that could shape the politics of a country.

This may be one of them.

Imran Khan, who I spoke with just weeks before his arrest, was one of the most popular leaders of our time.
Often called the “Trump of Pakistan,” he had an approval rating above 60%.

But when he turned against the country’s powerful military establishment, the cost was immediate.

He was shot.
Then jailed.
Then banned — not just from office, but from television, radio, and social media.

And yet, even from behind bars, even with his name erased, his party still won a majority in Pakistan’s latest elections.

It didn’t matter.

Today, he sits in a 7x8 cell designed for death row inmates.
No light. No lawyer. No access to doctors. No due process.

His sons, Sulaiman and Kasim Khan, have spent their lives out of the spotlight, far from the chaos of Pakistani politics.

But for nearly 2 years, they’ve watched their father — wounded, silenced, and locked in solitary confinement — be forgotten by the world.

They haven’t seen him since he was shot.
Phone calls, when they come, arrive at random — sometimes at 4 a.m. — and last only 20 minutes before the line goes dead.

They stayed completely silent through all of it.
Not because they didn’t care — but because they were afraid speaking out would make things worse.

But now?

Now it’s been too long.
Now the silence feels like betrayal.
Now, they’re speaking — because this might be the only thing left they can do.

And they did not hold back.

To Pakistanis: do not lose hope.

To the international community: do not turn a blind eye.

Thank you @elonmusk and @lindayaX for X and your fight for free speech.

Disclaimers: This interview was conducted prior to the recent clashes between India and Pakistan.
I am not alleging the Pakistani military or Government was behind Imran’s assassination attempt.

Also note: Urdu voice over of the interview posted below as a comment.

01:26 — “He’s literally in the dark.”
No visits. No lawyers. No calls. No light.

02:16 — “He’s completely alone.”
No contact. No doctor. No way to know if he’s okay.

03:19 — “A death cell… for terrorists.”
7x8 feet. Blacked out. Designed to erase the human spirit.

04:09 — “First two days were hell.”
He survived 10 days in pitch darkness by forcing himself into a Zen-like state.

05:55 — “The line cuts at 20 minutes.”
Half the time: lessons. The rest: he asks about our lives.

06:50 — “We get a 4 a.m. message.”
If we miss it, it’s months before we hear from him again.

08:04 — “They’re trying to break him.”
No light. No doctors. No calls. But he refuses to fold.

09:16 — “He won’t take the deal.”
Not without his people. Not if it means betraying them.

13:22 — “We’ve run out of options.”
Legal routes are gone. Silence no longer helps. This is our last card.

15:19 — “They banned his name.”
On TV, radio, and online — we became the code for our own father.

17:01 — “We never spoke to Grenell.”
But we’re grateful. And we’ll speak to anyone who’ll listen.

18:27 — “It’s 100% political.”
False charges. Fake trials. A democracy on mute.

20:51 — “Yes, people have been taken.”
Supporters, journalists — vanished. Tortured. Broken.

22:06 — “He told us to stay private.”
But now? We have no choice.

24:03 — “We thought it’d be a few weeks.”
It’s been nearly two years.

26:26 — “He reads. He teaches. Then he listens.”
Each call is a lifeline.

28:05 — “They blurred him out.”
Even the 1992 World Cup photos — he was erased.

31:00 — “I’ve grown more in 2 years than 20.”
That’s what he tells us.

32:20 — “It’s getting desperate.”
New threats. Talk of a death sentence. No end in sight.

32:57 — “We asked him for permission.”
He said: Do it.

35:00 — “The last time we saw him, he’d been shot.”
Three bullets. Still standing. Still smiling.

36:45 — “We’re told not to come back.”
We might be used to break him further.

38:16 — “Respect the vote.”
PTI won — even without its symbol, even in silence.

39:38 — “Selling exotic fruit?”
That’s what they jailed him for.

40:53 — “Some family members were scared.”
But we have to try something.

42:07 — “He’s not done.”
Still learning. Still fighting. Still planning.

43:12 — “He’s 70. He was shot. And they deny him a doctor.”
This is not justice. This is torture.

[Faizan @faizannriaz]

Pakistan last night

#operationBunyanUnMarsoos
https://t.co/4BUN8Letc3

[Izza🇵🇸 @izzaliaquat]

@faryalalishah_ Mayynnnn!!! I love his brilliance

[Abdullah @michaelscottfc]

On a day when India killed 26 Pakistani civilians in a cowardly attack, Pakistan approved military trials for its citizens.

Pakistan Zindabaad.

[Izza🇵🇸 @izzaliaquat]

The seats are empty
The theatre is dark
Why do you keep acting?
~Charles Bukowski

[Izza🇵🇸 @izzaliaquat]

Feels like walking a tight rope with emgulfing despair and sadness underneath!

[Muhammad Zaman Khan Assir @drzamankhan]

Security forces opened fire on unarmed protestors in #Islamabad that has led to many casualities and serious injuries. The country is being run by army under undeclared martial law through a puppet PM who already has blood of Model town massacre on his hands.
#Pakistan

[Izza🇵🇸 @izzaliaquat]

@__medicolegal Good luck AB bhai ..may Allah tallah bless u with the best ..Ameen

[Hafsa Tariq @kyayaarajeeb]

Boils my blood whenever I open social media and the first thing that appears is video of immense suffering on people of Gaza. And the things that we see on our screen is not even 1% of the actual suffering they are in.
#FreePalestine

[Izza🇵🇸 @izzaliaquat]

We actually need IK back bcz the man used to talk about palestine & islam fearlessly,these goons which are in power now cant utter even a single word about it!

[Khan Saab @Hanii_tales]

"I may not be his ally, but when the people have voted for Imran Khan, to change and steal that mandate is a betrayal of Pakistan and a betrayal of the people." says extreme critic of IK,
- Mehmood Khan Achakzai.

Man, I love this video.
Every tongue will speak the truth now.

[Izza🇵🇸 @izzaliaquat]

No words left to say now!
#Gaza
#Gazaagenocide

[MoTaz @motazazaiza9]

This is how it looks when Israeli tanks move above you
Palestinians the only people who experience this https://t.co/2tYEeZja02

[s. @unfilteredsana]

Last Friday around 10 am my mother got a call from police that my brother died in an accident on 9th Feb 12:44 am on Main Margalla road right in front of Beaconhouse F-7/3 campus every single evidence proves my brother was innocent and the driver was overspeeding 1/3

[Izza🇵🇸 @izzaliaquat]

He is saying door say kya likha nazar arha h ? Log parhay likhay nai hain ..to bhai parh likh ke ao na .wo jo saray incident kay baad pata kraya h logon nay k kya likha tha bhai wo itna tmasha lganay say pehlay krletay..awam jahil h to inhon ny b jahalat ka hi suboot dena h.ajeeb

[Khurram Qureshi @qureshik74]

“Please invest in Pakistan” 🤦‍♂️

https://t.co/u1GavT24pA

[Sulaiman Ahmed @ShaykhSulaiman]

THOUGHTS?

[Izza🇵🇸 @izzaliaquat]

Louder!!! And one thing which terrifies me is that people just stand there doing absolutely nothing! These moulvis wont practice deen bcz its a tough task but can give fatwas anywhere and can kill people in the name of islam!

[Ariba Shahid @AribaShahid]

We are all one tweet, one conversation, one graphic piece of clothing, one disagreement, or simply one anything away from being lynched.

This is the darkest of times.

[Izza🇵🇸 @izzaliaquat]

Ameen