“The most intense and harsh prison conditions I’ve seen in my 25-year career.”
International human rights lawyer @JaredGenser told @CNN that the torturous solitary confinement and isolation of former Prime Minister Imran Khan is part of a deliberate strategy by the Pakistani regime to “crush his spirit or break him psychologically.”
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Full interview of Imran Khan’s sons @Kasim_Khan_1999 and #SulaimanKhan with Former England Captain Michael Atherton. They shared latest health updates on Imran Khan and raised urgency on required medical treatment.
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The sons of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said efforts to visit their jailed father have hit a wall, saying Pakistani authorities have repeatedly stalled or rejected their visa applications as concerns grow over his health https://t.co/xZYz2ohT34
Pakistan's imprisoned former leader may not survive his imprisonment unless he's given proper medical treatment, one of his sons said. https://t.co/qa06Whhw0K
🇵🇰 Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered Imran Khan moved to hospital. He was back in his cell within hours, and the whole episode captures exactly how his three years in custody have gone.
The backstory: Khan, 73, has been jailed since August 2023 on corruption convictions he and his party call politically motivated.
Concerns have built for months over his health, fluctuating blood pressure, anxiety the jail's own cardiac board linked to restricted family contact, and reported vision loss in one eye that first surfaced back in February.
Last week the Supreme Court ordered him transferred to Shifa International Hospital within 48 hours for an independent medical board assessment, with family access and calls to his sons abroad.
The government fought the order and even tried a review petition. When the transfer finally happened, Khan was diverted to a different, state-run hospital, PIMS, over what officials called a "security situation."
A six-doctor team, including a cardiologist and ophthalmologist, examined him overnight and declared him fit to remain in custody. By 5am he was back in Adiala jail.
@PTIofficial calls the whole sequence a violation of the court's order.
What makes this more than a routine prison-health story: Khan was Pakistan's elected prime minister until a 2022 no-confidence vote, and his imprisonment has become the central fault line in a country where the military has historically held the real levers of power.
Courts have sided with him on paper repeatedly, this is now at least the third medical order in a year, while the practical outcome each time is identical: examined, cleared, returned to the same cell.
The pattern itself, a former PM's health becoming a recurring legal battle rather than a settled fact, says something about how contested power actually is in Pakistan right now.
Source: The Telegraph / Writer: Oliver
PAKISTAN: Journalist and poet Ahmad Farhad has been held in administrative detention under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance for over two months, since 20 June, in Bagh, Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
🚨 He is currently on a hunger strike in protest against his unlawful detention. He was shifted to a hospital on 22 August after his health deteriorated significantly.
Ahmad Farhad is among several journalists and human rights defenders being targeted for speaking up about the human rights violations in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
🗣️ Demand Ahmad’s immediate and unconditional release.
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BREAKING NEWS: 22 Former international cricket captains have once again written a letter to Pakistan PM over the treatment for Imran Khan. They first wrote a similar letter in February and this one comes after Pak allegedly didn’t completely comply with SC directions.
They have laid down 3 demands:
1. That the medical board directed by the Supreme Court — including Mr Khan's own doctors — be permitted to complete a full and independent assessment of his health, particularly the reported loss of vision in his right eye.
2. That the weekly family visits reinstated by the Court be honoured without interruption or administrative delay.
3. That whatever the outcome of that medical assessment, the treatment recommended by it be provided without delay.
Three Indians - Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar are among the 22 former captains.
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Imran Khan ‘being tortured in prison’
Former Pakistani leader’s sister claims he is ‘subjected to severe psychological pressure’
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Former PM Imran Khan taken to PIMS Hospital instead of Al Shifa International Hospital, declared medically fit and returned to Adiala Jail, says Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar #ImranKhanIsPTI
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Former Pakistan Imran Khan had been transferred from Adiala prison to Shifa International Hospital, before returning to prison after a medical examination.
Sky's @CordeliaSkyNews reports
🚨Imran Khan’s possible return is sending shockwaves through Pakistan’s political landscape!
From Adiala Jail to Shifa Hospital… and whispers of something bigger? PTI signals, establishment tensions, and a nation holding its breath.
One move could rewrite the game. Power dynamics shifting. Alliances trembling.
Is the storm finally coming?
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Imran Khan was one of us. He played for Oxford and for Worcestershire. He speaks Urdu with an English accent. Sure, he made mistakes as PM, but we should outraged that he has been banged up for 3 years on bogus charges, and that his health has broken down.
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Imran Khan transferred from prison to hospital.
His crime: winning an election the military backed government did not want him to win.
Imran Khan should be free. The West stays silent. End the military’s political imprisonment of the opposition.