LONDON-UNS: Jemima Goldsmith, the former spouse of Imran, on Tuesday, voiced concern over his treatment in prison and called for his release.
Taking to the X platform on Tuesday, she claimed that in the last few weeks, there have been “serious and concerning developments regarding my sons’ father, Imran Khan’s treatment in prison.”
She claimed that Pakistan authorities had stopped all visits to Imran from his family and his lawyers while also postponing his court hearings.
“In addition to cutting off in-person visits, and in defiance of a court order, his weekly calls to his sons, Sulaiman and Kasim Khan, who are British and who live in London, were stopped on 10th September,” she wrote.
She claimed according to some reports, Imran was being mistreated by jail authorities.
“He is now completely isolated, in solitary confinement, literally in the dark, with no contact with the outside world. His lawyers are concerned about his safety and well-being,” she added.
“These actions come in the context of ongoing targeting of Imran’s family, as well as his party (PTI) members and supporters in an attempt to silence them and all political opposition in Pakistan,” adding that Imran’s nephew was detained and his sisters, Uzma and Aleema Khan, were arrested.
“As a matter of urgency, we are calling for Imran Khan’s release, and for the release of his sisters and nephew as well as for his sons’ contact with their father to be re-established, so that they may have assurance first-hand that he is well and not being mistreated.”
