Saqib Malik

don't think about too much

[PTI @PTIofficial]

27 September 2019: Imran Khan addressed the UN General Assembly, speaking on climate change, Islamophobia, global inequality and justice. Seven years later, his message remains a reminder of the need for a more just and peaceful world.

Today, as he remains imprisoned, concerns over his rights and freedom demand urgent international attention. A voice that once addressed the world from the UN must not be forgotten behind prison walls.

The world must stand for human rights, due process and justice for everyone.
#FreeImranKhan

[Saqib Bashir @saqibbashir156]

اتنا مضبوط ہے کہ عورتوں سے بھی نظام ڈر و خوف کا شکار ہے

[Imran Khan @ImranKhanPTI]

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Conversation with Members of his Family - Adiala Jail (July 1, 2025)

Note: This is a repost of the tweet from July 1, 2025.

“Instead of going through the formality of introducing a 27th constitutional amendment through a sham parliament, it would be better to openly declare a monarchy, because what exists today is outright dictatorship, forcibly imposed on the country.

The very foundation of Pakistan was laid on La Ilaha Illallah (There is no god except Allah), a declaration that liberates mankind from all forms of slavery. Our country was freed from British rule through immense sacrifices to establish a nation where every citizen would enjoy personal liberties. But the situation is completely the opposite. A mafia seeks to keep the entire nation enslaved. I am willing to endure solitary confinement in a dark prison cell, but I will never accept slavery. And that is my message to everyone: it is better to choose imprisonment than to live in such bondage. What is the value of freedom if, outside these walls, we are not truly free? Iqbal’s Shaheen (eagle) soars high, it does not live in servitude.

I give this call to the entire nation, especially to the workers and supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf: Launch a movement after Ashura against the tyrannical system that has gripped this country. For me, death would be better than accepting a system built on slavery.

Every attempt is being made to suppress my voice so that my message does not reach the people and no one dares to stand up against oppression. But I will resist tyranny until my very last breath. I have complete faith in my Creator that this shadow of injustice will soon be lifted from Pakistan.

There are four pillars integral to any democracy: the right to vote, the rule of law, moral integrity, and a free press. The 26th Constitutional Amendment has effectively dismantled all four:

1. The Right to Vote: A dictator has no need for public mandate; he governs through force. The illegitimate assemblies formed via Forms-47, and the subsequent distribution of reserved seats, have only reinforced the perception among the people that their votes hold no value.

2. The Rule of Law: The judiciary has been reduced to a subordinate department of the government. Courts are packed with handpicked judges, while independent judges have been silenced. This is a hallmark of martial law, not democracy.

3. Moral Fabric of Society: This amendment has buried all ethical values. Individuals who are not true representatives of the people now occupy seats in the assemblies. Horse-trading of assembly members continues with impunity, and even the judiciary operates under the thumb of this mafia.

4. Free Media: Under a dictatorship, the media is bound in chains. Freedom of expression has been entirely curbed. Independent journalists are being targeted, while the rest have been bought off.

Peaceful protest is a fundamental democratic and constitutional right. Yet, 26 of our MPAs were suspended for staging a protest in the Punjab Assembly. I commend Ahmad Bhachar and all PTI MPAs who had the courage to challenge these pharaohs. Until our 26 members are reinstated, our elected representatives should hold their own assembly outside. The Form-47-based assemblies do not represent the people, in any case.”

[Faiza Murad @fayezasays]

علیمہ خان اپنے گھر سے ایک نجی کام کے سلسلے میں نکلی تھیں، اطلاعات کے مطابق انہیں گرفتار کر لیا گیا ہے۔
فیملی ذرائع کے مطابق علیمہ خان اور ان کے ڈرائیور کے فون مسلسل بند جا رہے تھے ، جبکہ ان کی گاڑی ایک تھانے میں کھڑی ملی ہے۔ اہلِ خانہ کو بتایا جا رہا ہے کہ علیمہ خان کو کوٹ لکھپت جیل منتقل کر دیا گیا ہے۔

علیمہ خان کو کس مقدمے میں اور کس بنیاد پر گرفتار کیا گیا؟
اہلِ خانہ کو فوری طور پر مکمل معلومات فراہم کی جائیں۔

[Ahmad Warraich @ahmadwaraichh]

علیمہ خان کو تھری MPO جیسے جابرانہ قانون کے تحت گرفتار کیا گیا، جو سیدھا سیدھا پنجاب حکومت کا انتظامی اختیار ہے۔ سیاسی مخالفین کی خواتین کو تختہ مشق بنانا پنجاب حکومت کی انتقامی سوچ کا عکاس ہے۔

وقت بدل جاتا ہے، ​تاریخ ہر جبر کا حساب رکھتی ہے

[Waseem Malik @iwaseemmalik]

سیاسی انتقام کے لیے خواتین کو نشانہ بنانا ہماری تاریخ کا سیاہ ترین باب رہا ہے۔ کل تک جب شریف یا زرداری خاندان کی خواتین کو گرفتار کیا جاتا تھا تو ایوانوں سے لے کر ٹی وی اسٹوڈیوز تک کہرام مچ جاتا تھا، سیاست دانوں سے لے کر عدالتوں، صحافیوں اور سول سوسائٹی تک سب کی غیرت جاگ جاتی تھی (اور بلاشبہ وہ بھی سراسر ظلم تھا، جو کبھی نہیں ہونا چاہیے تھا)۔ مگر آج جب شوکت خانم خاندان اور تحریک انصاف سے وابستہ خواتین کو سلاخوں کے پیچھے دھکیلا جا رہا ہے، تو اسے 'نیو نارمل' کیسے تسلیم کر لیا گیا؟ حقوقِ نسواں کے دعوے دار اور انسانی حقوق کے علمبردار اب کس مصلحت کے غار میں جا چھپے ہیں؟ کیا آئینی حقوق اور چادر و چاردیواری کا تقدس صرف مخصوص سیاسی گھرانوں تک ہی محدود ہے؟ یہ نیا آئین کب نافذ ہوا، اور اس ترمیم کی منظوری کس نے دی؟

[PTI @PTIofficial]

“On 18 August 2026, the Supreme Court ordered that Imran Khan be shifted to Shifa International Hospital for an independent medical examination and treatment, in the presence of Dr. Uzma Khan and his personal doctor, Dr. Faisal Sultan. The order carried a two-day deadline. He should have been shifted by 20 August. The order has still not been implemented.

What is the government hiding that it is willing to defy the Supreme Court rather than allow an independent medical examination?” - @Aleema_KhanPK

#FreeImranKhan

[PTI @PTIofficial]

We are left with no option but to come out on the streets peacefully with two clear demands:

1. Immediately shift Imran Khan to Shifa International Hospital for a complete independent medical examination and treatment, in compliance with the Supreme Court orders of August 18, 2026.

2. Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar who has failed to take up Bushra Bibi and Imran Khan’s bail applications for over 22 months in the Al-Qadir case and 9 months in the Toshakhana case should either dispense justice or step aside.

[PTI @PTIofficial]

لیڈر وہ ہوتا ہے جو ظلم کا مقابلہ کرے

#فیصلہ_عوامی_طاقت_سے_ہوگا

[PTI @PTIofficial]

نصر من الله وفتح قريب!

#عہدوفا_27ستمبر

[PTI @PTIofficial]

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝
#FreeImranKhan !!!

[PTI @PTIofficial]

Beautiful AI video made by social media activists dedicated to Imran Khan!

#WorldSpeakingUpForKhan

[PTI @PTIofficial]

Three years of imprisonment. Four months without speaking to his sons.

No judgment should take away family, dignity, or basic human rights.

This is not just about the leader Imran Khan, it is also about the rule of law and how far cruelty can go.

#WorldSpeakingUpForKhan

[PTI @PTIofficial]

Imran Khan’s struggle has become a global conversation about democracy, resilience, and the price of standing against the unjust system.

History will remember who stood on the right side.

#TorturingImranKhanIsACrime

[PTI @PTIofficial]

“Me and Sulaiman, we will try and get him out and rectify what has happened there so we can have our father again and Pakistan have their elected leader in charge.” -@Kasim_Khan_1999

#TorturingImranKhanIsACrime

#FreeImranKhan

[PTI @PTIofficial]

تاریخ کے اوراق سے سیرت النبی ﷺ کانفرنس-
عشق رسول ﷺسے معمور ایک شام
سچے عاشق رسول ﷺعمران خان کے ساتھ

[PTI @PTIofficial]

A Tale of Two Treatments:

@Dr_YasminRashid sent a message from Kot Lakhpat Jail about the atrocious treatment of Former Prime Minister Imran Khan and the blatant disregard of the Supreme Court’s order by the Sharif government in comparison to how PTI treated Nawaz Sharif while he was jailed.

#TorturingImranKhanIsACrime

[PTI @PTIofficial]

21 former international cricket captains have appealed for Imran Khan’s welfare and medical treatment.

#TorturingImranKhanIsACrime
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[PTI @PTIofficial]

“My brother and I have not been able to visit our father for years. For the past six months, we haven’t even spoken to him. What my father is going through is a violation of his human rights.” - Sulaiman Khan, son of Imran Khan, addressing a press conference.

The Supreme Court has ordered that Imran Khan be allowed to speak with his children. Yet the authorities continue to deny him this basic right, in addition to refusing visas that would allow @Kasim_Khan_1999 and Sulaiman Khan to travel to Pakistan to see their father.

#FreeImranKhan

[Jemima Goldsmith @Jemima_Khan]

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.