Former prime minister Imran Khan is being kept incommunicado in jail, his sister said, while noting that his health is fine after meeting him in what his party said was the first visit by family members in more than four weeks.
“Thankfully, his health is fine,” Dr. Uzma Khanum told reporters outside Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, the garrison city bordering the capital, Islamabad.
“He was very angry, and he said we are being subjected to mental torture,” she said of Khan, whose supporters argue he has been incarcerated under a dubious corruption conviction.
He has faced isolation for a long time, she said, as a crowd of Khan’s supporters celebrated a meeting with him, which the PTI, said was a result of political pressure.
Her account of the meeting quashes rumors and reports about his failing health.
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Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, maintains that the former cricket captain and founder of Shaukat Khanum hospital was denied a fair trial and is facing politically motivated charges.
“He is being confined to his room throughout the day and is allowed out only briefly. He has no communication with anyone,” she said.
According to his sister, Khan alleged that the current military chief is responsible for his situation.
The Pakistan military has denied any interference in the country’s politics.
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Imran Khan was removed from the office of prime minister following a parliamentary vote in 2022. Many of his party leaders were later jailed on charges of creating unrest and targeting a government building in Lahore.
The case in which he was sentenced remains clouded in controversies as the main character, a business tycoon, has refused to appear as witness against Khan.
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