Raja Tariq

[Saj Sadiq @SajSadiqCricket]

Whilst a Test match is currently being played at the Rawalpindi cricket stadium, just a few miles away Pakistan's greatest ever cricketer Imran Khan is still in prison. His health continues to deteriorate and his family, personal doctors and legal team are not being allowed to see him

[International Human Rights Foundation @IHRF_English]

Pakistan: under a military-backed cabinet, jail staff again barred Imran Khan from family and lawyers a day after a brief counsel visit — the first in 7 months. Isolating a political prisoner flouts fair trial and democracy. Free him. #HumanRights
https://t.co/OrIwCiXBap

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

Imran Khan's son says no one has heard from imprisoned cricket legend for months - and that fears are growing https://t.co/0wWsW42dEz

[Kasim Khan @Kasim_Khan_1999]

Well said

[Javed Hashmi @JavedHashmiJH]

The elected Chief Minister of a province being rendered a missing person brings me back to the first missing person of this country, our founding father, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

He demoted a General, for merely having a political opinion, namely Ayub Khan, and posted him to the East Pakistan Rifles, barring him from any further promotion.

On 14 June 1948, the Quaid addressed the Quetta Staff College and said, and I quote, “Do not forget that the armed forces are the servants of the people.” He knew what they were up to and the harm they would do to his country.

It didn’t sit well with the armed forces. A month later, Quaid-e-Azam was abducted and taken to Ziarat against his will.

Ziarat has a 4,000-year-old history, yet in those 4,000 years, it received its first patient. There exists no sanatorium, no hospital, not even a dispensary, to this day. Even today, we cannot easily visit it. It is still kept primitive.

The Quaid was cut off from the world there, just as Imran Khan is today, and so is Sohail Afridi. He, too, was placed in “protective custody.” This nation never saw him again.

All of Pakistan’s problems will vanish the day we recover the first missing person, our Quaid, who was left to die, and the day the Generals accept their fate as servants of the people, bow their heads, and salute the civilian.

[Kasim Khan @Kasim_Khan_1999]

Pakistan Zindabad!

[International Human Rights Foundation @IHRF_English]

Troops in the streets, an elected chief minister jailed, internet cut: Pakistan's emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a military-backed power grab. Sohail Afridi and all detained leaders must be freed. Rights cannot be suspended by decree. #HumanRights https://t.co/yiCJFw9ZnP

[Kasim Khan @Kasim_Khan_1999]

Now, as Pakistanis have taken to the streets to protest my father’s release, Asim Munir’s regime imposes emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (my father’s political stronghold).

Having failed to secure Balochistan or Azad Kashmir, Munir once again invokes terrorism to justify another military operation in Pashtun lands. Yet again sacrificing lives in an attempt to cling on to power.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s democratic mandate must be restored. My father, our detained family members, PTI representatives and all political prisoners must be released immediately. The people’s right to peaceful protest must be respected.

Pakistan belongs to its people, not its military.

[Kasim Khan @Kasim_Khan_1999]

The tyrannical crooks in charge of Pakistan continue to dismantle democracy, now arresting the elected chief minister of KPK.

The world must see what’s happening. Repeated disgraceful and cowardly acts from Munir to stifle the voice of the people to cling onto power.

Disgraceful .

[Cricinfo @cricinfo]

Pakistan's finest cricketer and one of the game's all-round greats, he led the country to World Cup glory in 1992 🏆

The legendary Imran Khan turns 74 today

[PTI @PTIofficial]

“It is the most brutal crackdown yet. Imran Khan’s three sisters have been taken from their homes after more than 100 armed personnel invaded their homes, where young children were present. We also have almost a dozen parliamentarians who are missing or have been arrested.” - @sayedzbukhari on @SkyNews with @SkyYaldaHakim.

#PakistanUnderFascism #FreeImranKhan

[Steve Hanke @steve_hanke]

#PAKWatch🇵🇰: Kasim Khan CALLS OUT THE INHUMANE TREATMENT of his father, IMRAN KHAN.

“They are trying to mentally break my father, but he is a very strong person."

PAK = A POLICE STATE = FREE THE KHANS.

[PTI @PTIofficial]

عمران خان کی بہنوں کو جب گرفتار کیا گیا تو 100 سے زائد مرد پولیس اہلکار گھر میں داخل ہوئے، وہاں بچیاں تھیں، انہوں نے دروازے توڑے۔
اس وقت ظلم فسطائیت، سفاکیت کی انتہا ہوچکی ہے، سلمان اکرم راجہ کی لاہور ہائیکورٹ میں علیمہ خان کیس کے بعد گفتگو.

#FreeAleemaKhan

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

Horrifying. Now we know why Netanyahu continues to ban international media from Gaza.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇵🇰 Heartbreaking... 💔

“I find it hard to imagine that I will see him again.”

Imran Khan’s son says he hasn’t spoken to his father in more than 7 MONTHS.

He wants to visit Pakistan, but says he fears he and his brother could be IMPRISIONED and used as leverage against their father...

Khan remains behind bars, serving multiple sentences his family insists are politically motivated.

WHERE IS THE JUSTICE IN THIS???

Source: Reuters / Writer: Samuel

[PTI @PTIofficial]

“My father is in a situation where the @UN has called it torture. The human rights organization @amnesty international has said he is being held arbitrarily under inhumane conditions. My aunties are also being held by the regime.

No one can speak their mind in the country. It is a military dictatorship and an oppressive regime. The world needs to look at what is happening in Pakistan.” @Kasim_Khan_1999’s interview with @CBCNews.

#PakistanUnderFascism #FreeImranKhan

[Kasim Khan @Kasim_Khan_1999]

I’ve been instructed to call on the public not to attempt to march or protest nearby Adiala jail on 27 March. I’ve heard from sources that this may be used as an excuse for the establishment to launch a “counter” assault on the jail (Which my father is being held in), which could endanger his life. Please do not give them any reasons for “accidents” to happen to my father during the protest.

[Shershah Khan @KhanShershah]

My mother, Aleema Khan @Aleema_KhanPK and my aunts, Dr Uzma Khan @DrUzma_KhanPK and Noreen Niazi @Noreen_KhanPK , remain behind bars.

Their only crime is refusing to abandon their brother, Imran Khan @ImranKhanPTI throughout his imprisonment — a detention the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found to be arbitrary and in violation of international law, and called for his immediate release.

For three years, they have stood outside prisons and courtrooms, enduring everything from scorching heat exceeding 45°C to near-freezing conditions, demanding justice and the rule of law.

They have endured tear gas, chemical-laced water cannons, repeated arrests and relentless intimidation. Yet no amount of pressure could silence them or force them to step aside. They stood their ground. They refused to abandon their brother.

Since their latest imprisonment, they have been denied access to their family and legal counsel. They spent three years demanding justice for their brother. Now, like him, they find themselves denied the very rights they are fighting for.

Standing by their brother is not a crime.

Raising their voice for him is not a crime.

Demanding justice and the rule of law is not a crime.

Their detention must end.

[Kasim Khan @Kasim_Khan_1999]

There is little choice left for the people of Pakistan.

Either remain silent while their chosen leader is imprisoned. Whilst his family is detained, his party is suppressed and justice is denied - or come out peacefully and exercise their fundamental right to protest.

You can arrest families and threaten people with violence. But you cannot imprison 250 million Pakistanis or crush the will of a generation.

No regime is more powerful than its people. The world must watch as the people of Pakistan come together to demonstrate their plea for justice, even in the face of threats of violence.

Inshallah, Pakistan’s future will be decided by its people, not by criminals who rule through fear.

[PTI @PTIofficial]

“Imran Khan's sisters arrested and detained and security forces seizing ministers in broad daylight.

The arrests come a week before a planned protest march by Khan’s PTI party.”

Via @SkyYaldaHakim