What’s happening to Imran Khan is outrageous. I hope @elonmusk can do something to stop this obvious suppression of support for him, and that the Pakistan authorities afford Imran his basic human rights.
.@elonmusk
Elon, you may recall we have met before.
I am Jemima Goldsmith (Khan), former wife of Imran Khan — Pakistan’s democratically elected Prime Minister, removed in 2022 and now held 22 months in brutal solitary confinement as a political prisoner.
Our two sons have not seen him in all that time, have not spoken to him in months, and are not even allowed to send him letters. His name is banned from every Pakistani TV and radio station. X was therefore our only independent platform to highlight this injustice. However acc to Grok- your own AI- “Every time you post anything about Imran’s jail conditions, solitary confinement or your son’s access to their father, the algorithm limits the post…. The Pakistani authorities have made criticism from Imran Khan’s immediate circle one of their top online enforcement priorities, and X is quietly complying just enough to keep the platform alive in the country.”
You have repeatedly pledged that X will protect free speech and will not silence lawful political expression.
Yet Grok has examined my X analytics (3.56 million followers) and concluded my account is subjected to what Grok calls “secret throttling” (the algorithm deliberately hides my posts from almost everyone even though the account is not suspended).
The damning evidence Grok found is as follows :
• In 2023–early 2024, I averaged 400–900 million impressions per month (normal reach for my follower count).
• But in the entire 2025, impressions dropped to only 28.6 million total — a 97% crash to <3% of expected reach.
• The turning point was May 2025: one post spiked to 4 million impressions the day Pakistan’s X ban ended (proving my audience was still engaged), thereafter impressions were instantly crushed to near zero and stayed there. These numbers & assessments are all verbatim from Grok.
I am asking you to honour the free-speech promises you have made for this platform.
Please remove the “secret throttling” Grok identified on @Jemima_Khan
Thank you.
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
#Pakistan: Imran Khans solitary confinement and inhumane detention conditions must end - UN expert. Prolonged or indefinite solitary confinement is prohibited under int'l human rights law – and when it extends longer than 15 days, it's a form of #torture.
https://t.co/m2Re8Yhyc0
Imran Khan served his country, he was the Prime Minister of the country and he cannot be hidden in darkness. This is not a question of politics or what party one belongs to, it is a question of basic human decency. No prisoner should be treated so inhumanely.
میرے والد کو گرفتار ہوئے 845 دن ہو چکے ہیں۔ پچھلے چھ ہفتوں سے انہیں مکمل بے خبری کے ماحول میں ڈیتھ سیل میں تنہا رکھا گیا ہے۔ ان کی بہنوں کو ہر ملاقات سے روک دیا گیا ہے حالانکہ عدالت کے واضح احکامات موجود ہیں۔ کوئی فون کال نہیں، کوئی ملاقات نہیں اور زندگی کی کوئی خبر نہیں۔ میں اور میرا بھائی اپنے والد سے کسی قسم کا رابطہ نہیں کر سکے۔
یہ مکمل اندھیرا کسی حفاظتی پروٹوکول کا حصہ نہیں۔ یہ ایک جان بوجھ کر کی گئی کوشش ہے تاکہ ان کی حالت کو چھپایا جائے اور ہمارے خاندان کو یہ نہ معلوم ہو سکے کہ وہ محفوظ ہیں یا نہیں۔
واضح رہے کہ پاکستانی حکومت اور اس کے آقاؤں کو میرے والد کی حفاظت اور اس غیر انسانی تنہائی کے ہر نتیجے کی قانونی، اخلاقی اور بین الاقوامی سطح پر مکمل ذمہ داری اٹھانا ہوگی۔
میں عالمی برادری، بین الاقوامی انسانی حقوق کی تنظیموں اور ہر جمہوری آواز سے اپیل کرتا ہوں کہ فوری مداخلت کریں۔ زندگی کی تصدیق کا مطالبہ کریں، عدالت کے احکامات کے مطابق رسائی یقینی بنائیں، اس غیر انسانی تنہائی کو ختم کریں اور پاکستان کے سب سے مقبول سیاسی رہنما کی رہائی کا مطالبہ کریں جنہیں صرف سیاسی وجوہات کی بنا پر قید رکھا گیا ہے۔
#Pakistan’s hastily adopted constitutional amendments seriously undermine judicial independence & raise grave concerns about military accountability & respect for the rule of law.
These changes risk subjecting the judiciary to political interference & executive control.
➡️ https://t.co/NCVGla5Gc9
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.
احتفلنا بمرور ٢٥ عاما من التميز في
كلية إدارة الأعمال
بجامعة الأعمال والتكنولوجيا،
ربع قرن من الريادة في إعداد قادة المستقبل.
كرّمنا الماضي بكل وفاء،
واحتفينا بالحاضر بإنجازات
طلابنا وطالباتنا،
ودشنا أكثر من ٥٠ مشروعا طلابيًا واستضفنا ٣٠ متحدثا
من كبرى قطاعات الأعمال،
ليكون هذا اليوم شاهدًا على رحلة فخرٍ متجددة.
كل عام وكلية إدارة الأعمال بخير…
نكرم الماضي، ونحتفي بالحاضر، ونقود المستقبل.
#UBT_EDU
#جامعة_الأعمال_والتكنولوجيا
One of the game's all-round greats, he averaged 40.06 with the bat and 22.22 with the ball from his seventh to his 87th Test.
The finest cricketer from Pakistan, he led them to World Cup glory in 1992.
#OnThisDay The legendary Imran Khan turns 73