I could have never imagined PMLN leadership could be so brutal , so fascist and so scared of Dr Yasmin Rashid who is 78 years old and a cancer survivor. Keeping her in jail for more than 3 years is brutal & inhuman. Act now before it’s too late.
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.
چند روز قبل ایک احاطے میں میٹنگ پر میاں اکرم عثمان، صدر لاہور پی ٹی آئی، اور تقریبا پندرہ رفقا کو چھاپہ مار کر گرفتار، احاطے میں موجود فرنیچر کو تہس نہس اور ��ریفک میں خلل کا جھوٹا مقدمہ قائم کیا گیا۔ دو راتیں مختلف تھانوں میں گزارنے کے بعد میاں اکرم عثمان اور رفقا کل رہا ہوئے۔ پنجاب آج ایک عقوبت خانہ ہے۔ عوام کو بنیادی فیصلے کرنا ہونگے۔ تمام نمایاں سیاسی چہرے جن کا تعلق پی ٹی آئی سے ہے کسی بھی لمحے گرفتار یا اغوا ہو سکتے ہیں۔ میاں اکرم عثمان ملٹری کورٹ سے سزا کے بعد دو سال کی بدترین قید کاٹ چکے ہیں۔
What is happening to @imrankhanPTI is an abuse on every conceivable level.
Passively monitoring the situation is plainly not enough. It is time for active diplomacy.
-An urgent letter to Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband
The rights of political prisoners are universal, beyond Geography Government or political affiliation. Be it in India ,Pakistan or anywhere in the world, those incarcerated must be treated with dignity and humanity, with access to proper medical care, family and legal counsel, and due process.
Court orders must be respected and rule of law upheld. Political differences can never justify denying a prisoner his or her fundamental rights.
https://t.co/U2iNA8nMdG
Today marks the third year of Imran Khan’s imprisonment. Against all odds, he and his party have stood firm in the face of adversity and injustice. For Pakistan to move forward, we must put an end to these cycles of political victimisation and stolen mandates.
Today marks 3 years since Imran Khan was unjustly incarcerated.
He is still being denied basic human rights and remains in solitary confinement.
His abominable treatment is an affront to democracy. I will continue to demand the release of all political prisoners, everywhere.
Imran Khan has completed 3 years in prision and most of it in solitary confinement. He has not been allowed to meet his family. His sons have been denied visa to visit Pakistan and meet their father. He has been denied access to his doctors, lawyers and party people.
For a long period, no one has seen him.
There is no history of any political prisoner being treated in such harsh & brutal conditions.
Despite all these, Imran khan has shown courage, bravery, dignity and character unparalleled in our history. He has won and those who incarcerated him in prison have lost.
PAKISTAN: Ahead of the third anniversary of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ongoing detention, Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Acting Regional Director for South Asia, said:
“For three years, Pakistan’s authorities have systematically denied Imran Khan the right to a fair trial, subjected him to prolonged solitary confinement, and limited his access to medical care and visitation rights. He has not been allowed to meet his family for more than eight months and his vision has reportedly deteriorated significantly. Both he and his wife, Bushra Bibi Khan, have now been denied regular access to legal counsel since December 2025."
Read more: https://t.co/hc6eKnIITh
Here is free and fair referendum? After FnF election in 8 Feb 2024, GB election 2026 and in Kashmir. Any thing under Asim Munir will remain dirty or pullouted.
Dear political leaders,
Stop fighting over new provinces. Let the people decide. Hold a free and fair referendum.
Believe in democracy, trust the Awam, save your effort. People’s verdict is always best for the country.
ایک بائیس گریڈ کے ذہنی مریض نے پاکستان کا امن، معیشت، حق آزادی رائے، عدلیہ، جمہوریت، آئین اور اخلاقیات کو صرف اپنی طاقت اور اقتدار کے لیے تباہ کر دیا ہے۔
#ذہنی_مریض_نامنظور
@naya_kisan This all is deliberate policy choice rather than mistake or negligence. Historically, local farmers have faced structural disadvantages that keep them poor in PMLn govts.
Who was used to barked on LNG useless issue, will not speak a word about it.
It has now been around 1,100 days since my father, Imran Khan, was imprisoned, and my brother and I haven’t heard his voice since March. For months, we’ve been denied contact with him. We remain in the dark about his access to healthcare as his eyesight continues to deteriorate. He urgently needs medical attention, and with no family or legal access, we don’t even get any second hand information or reassurance.
I’ve found myself especially missing him recently. I want to speak to him about mundane things like my cricket, books I’ve been reading and what new movies are good. I understand the people of Pakistan want their chosen leader free, but I miss my father more than ever.
But this is not just about a father. It is about Pakistan, and its future. A rigged, authoritarian regime continues to crush political opposition, undermine democratic institutions, and deny millions of Pakistanis their right to freely choose their leaders, whilst terrorising those who speak their beliefs.
I once again plea to the international community to not look away. Silence in the face of injustice only enables it.