In the House of Lords, multiple peers raised concerns about the detention and well-being of @ImranKhanPTI a clear sign that the issue is gaining serious international attention.
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PAKISTAN: The unlawful detention of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters yesterday, who were protesting outside Adiala jail, Rawalpindi, is yet another example of the repression of the right to protest in the country. Among those detained were former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s sisters, Noreen Niazi and Uzma Khanum, who had gathered outside the Adiala jail premises as part of court-mandated weekly family visits which have been denied since 2 December 2025.
Instead of facilitating lawful visitation, authorities responded with arbitrary detention, tear gas and baton charge. Imran Khan’s sisters and other women protesters were forcibly confined for hours in a closed shop near the jail, while dozens of others were detained in the open air for nearly five hours in torrential rain.
This incident is part of a pattern of targeting PTI supporters and former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s family by criminalizing peaceful protest and using sweeping and arbitrary bans through section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure as a blanket tool to silence dissent.
Amnesty International urges the Pakistani authorities to immediately end their crackdown on peaceful protests, respect the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly and ensure unhindered access to court‑mandated family visits for Imran Khan.
Full transcript of US VP J D Vance presser
Thanks to the Prime Minister of Pakistan and to Field Marshal Munir, who were both incredible hosts. And whatever shortcomings of the negotiation, it wasn't because of the Pakistanis, who did an amazing job and really tried to help us and the Iranians bridge the gap and get to a deal. We have been at it now for 21 hours, and *we've had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians. That's the good news.* The *bad news is that we have not reached an agreement*. And I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news for the United States of America. So *we go back to the United States having not come to an agreement*. We've made very clear what our red lines are, what things we're willing to accommodate them on, and what things we're not willing to accommodate them on. And we've made that as clear as we possibly could, and they have chosen not to accept our terms.
*Questions?*
Sir, Nick Robertson from CNN. *Precisely what have they rejected here*? Can you help us understand it a little bit?
Well, *I won't go into all the details because I don't want to negotiate in public after we negotiated for 21 hours in private*.
*But the simple fact is that we need to see an affirmative commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon and they will not seek the tools that would enable them to quickly achieve a nuclear weapon. That is the core goal* of the President of the United States, and that's what we've tried to achieve through these negotiations.
Again, their nuclear programs, such as it is, the enrichment facilities that they've – that they had before, they've been destroyed. But *the simple question is, do we see a fundamental commitment of will for the Iranians not to develop a nuclear weapon, not just now, not just two years from now, but for the long term? We haven't seen that yet*.
*We hope that we will.*
and also *did the Iranian frozen assets come up and did you reach any conclusion*? We talked about all those issues, Jen, and we talked about a number of issues beyond that. And so certainly those things came up. But again, *we just could not get to a situation where the Iranians were willing to accept our terms*.
I think that *we were quite flexible*. We were quite accommodating. The president told us, you need to come here in good faith and make your best effort to get a deal. We did that.
And *unfortunately, we weren't able to make any headway*.
Preston. Mr. Vice President, how often did you communicate with President Trump throughout the negotiations?
There were reports that there were multiple rounds, where there were breaks in between negotiations.
How often did you communicate with the President throughout those rounds, and what was he saying as you were going through these negotiations that you said fell short?
Yeah, obviously we were talking to the president consistently. I don't know how many times we talked to him, a half dozen times, a dozen times over the past 21 hours.
We obviously also talked to Admiral Cooper, to Pete, to Marco, to the entire national security team. We talked to Scott Bissen a number of times. So look, we were constantly in communication with the team because *we were negotiating in good faith*.
And we leave here, and *we leave here with a very simple proposal, a method of understanding that is our final and best offer.*
*We'll see if the Iranians accept it.*
Thank you.
۱/پیش از مذاکرات تأکید کردم که ما حسن نیت و ارادهٔ لازم را داریم ولی به دلیل تجربیات دو جنگ قبلی، اعتمادی به طرف مقابل نداریم.
همکاران من در هیئت ایرانی میناب۱۶۸ ابتکارات رو به جلویی مطرح کردند ولی طرف مقابل در نهایت نتوانست در این دور از مذاکرات اعتماد هیئت ایرانی را جلب کند.
A Pakistani military contingent comprising around 13,000 soldiers and 10 to 18 jets has reached Saudi Arabia as part of a joint strategic defence agreement signed last year, the Gulf Kingdom announced on Saturday (April 11, 2026).
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عمران خان ڈھائی برس سے تنہا قید میں ہیں، عدالتیں سننے کو تیار نہیں، ججز راہِ فرار اختیار کرتے ہیں۔ اب سوال یہ نہیں کہ کیا کرنا ہے، بلکہ یہ ہے کہ وہ واحد راستہ کون سا ہے جس سے عمران خان باہر آجائیں
علیمہ خانم
Thanks to former English cricketer David Lloyd for strongly condemning the mistreatment of Imran Khan and calling for his immediate medical treatment. @BumbleCricket
پلیز ریپوسٹ ❗۔یہ دونوں بچے یتیم ہیں اور پیدائشی معذور ہیں۔والد کی وفات کے بعد اپنی والدہ دادی ماں اور دو بہنوں کے ساتھ اس ایک کمرے میں رہ رہے ہیں۔دونوں کو وہیل چیئرز کی اور ایک چارپائی کی اشد ضرورت ہے اگر اپ میں سے کوئی ان کو لے کر بھجوا دے۔تو والدہ کو دیکھ بھال میں کچھ آسانی ہو گی