The sons of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan have mentioned they worry they may by no means see their father once more as he’s being “psychologically tortured” in a “death cell”.
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Imran Khan’s sons being interviewed by Yalda Hakim
Kasim described the situations the previous Pakistani chief has been saved, saying: “He’s been in a solitary confinement cell for over two years where he’s had filthy water, he is around inmates who are dying of hepatitis, the conditions are disgusting and also he is completely isolated from any human contact.”
He continued: “It’s getting harder to see a route out at this point. We’re trying to have faith. But at the same time, right now, the conditions are getting worse.
“It is very laborious to see a means out… We’re now anxious we would by no means see him once more.”
Kasim mentioned his father was being subjected to “psychological torture tactics” as even the jail guards weren’t allowed to speak with the previous Pakistani chief, who led the nation between 2018 and 2022.
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Imran Khan, pictured in March 2023 earlier than his arrest on corruption costs. File pic: Reuters
Sulaiman mentioned his father’s cell, the place he allegedly spends 23 hours a day, has been described as a “death cell”.
He mentioned a military spokesperson introduced on Friday that Imran Khan, who has previously been shot 3 times, was now formally in full isolation.
He added that Imran Khan was being saved in “completely substandard conditions that don’t meet international law for any sort of prisoner”.
The brothers’ phrases echo what considered one of Khan’s sisters reported after being allowed to satisfy the previous cricketer in jail at first of the month.
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Uzma Khanum mentioned on the time that Khan was dealing with isolation and psychological pressure in jail following weeks during which his household mentioned entry had been blocked.
The previous chief was jailed after being convicted in a string of circumstances that he says have been politically pushed following his ousting in a 2022 parliamentary vote.
Earlier than launching his political profession, Imran Khan was greatest generally known as a star of worldwide cricket and for main Pakistan to Cricket World Cup victory in 1992.
Kasim mentioned his father would “never take a deal and leave all of his other party members in jail to die and fester in these jails…
“As an alternative he stays in these situations, completely happy to rot and it implies that he can transfer in direction of his purpose of ridding Pakistan of corruption, a purpose that he has acknowledged to us one million occasions.”
