The son of cricket legend Imran Khan has revealed 'no one has seen or heard from my father since August' amid growing fears for the imprisoned politician in Pakistan.
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Khan, 74, who formerly served as Prime Minister of the country, has been detained in Rawalpindi's notorious Adiala Jail to serve a 14-year sentence, after being convicted of several charges including corruption and bribery, in 2023.
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The former statesman, who denied all of the accusations, has since been placed inside a 6ft by 8ft solitary confinement cell and denied access to court-ordered medical care.
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Lawyers for Khan have described the conditions he is being held in as 'amounting to torture', while the former sportsman's health is said to have deteriorated in recent months.
He has reportedly lost 85 per cent of his vision in his right eye due to a blood clot and has been diagnosed with high blood pressure.
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Now his son Sulaiman Khan, 29, from the politician's first marriage to British heiress Jemima Goldsmith, has spoken out over concerns the family has not heard from Khan in months.
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He and his brother Kasim, 27, have previously said they expected their father to suffer a similar fate to that of ex-Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, who died in a court room from a heart attack in 2019.
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Human rights experts believe Morsi's death was brought on by the abuse and neglect he experienced in solitary confinement.
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The son of cricket legend Imran Khan has revealed 'no one has seen or heard from my father since August' amid growing fears for the imprisoned politician in Pakistan
Khan, pictured with his sons Sulaiman (left) and Kasim (right).
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They have previously said they fear their father will be assassinated by Pakistani authorities
On a social media post written on Wednesday night, Sulaiman said: 'No one has seen or heard from my father since August, when he explicitly said that he was being tortured and that the regime was trying to kill him like Egypt's government did Morsi.
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The UN Special Rapporteur on torture has repeatedly stated that his treatment amounts to torture.
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Pakistan's fascist regime, led by military dictator Asim Munir, continue to ignore the Supreme Court order from August for my father to be assessed and treated at the private Shifa International Hospital, as well as for regular access to family visits and access to his lawyers.
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It is clear that they are trying to kill him as he is by far the most popular political figure in the country, and they fear him.
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Sulaiman went on to suggest that 'if the worst happens, no one should make any mistake who is responsible.'
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He has previously accused Pakistan’s powerful army chief Asim Munir of having a 'personal vendetta' against his father, alongside the 'illegitimate Pakistani government'.
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Sulaiman added: 'Every government that continues to legitimise this regime will be complicit in this and the resulting chaos and destabilisation it causes in the region.
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No state that is engaging in friendly relations with this fascist Pakistani regime can truly claim to uphold the values of democracy or human rights.'
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Khan's sons - who were advised by former Foreign Minister David Lammy not to travel to Pakistan over concerns the UK would not be able to support them if they were arrested - have publicly criticised the British government for failing to intervene or offer support over their father's plight.
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In response to his post, Sulaiman's mother Jemima, 52, backed his words and wrote on social media: 'Another son forced on to social media & into politics by this venal Pakistani regime …'
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The latest comments come a month after Kasim, 27, told Times Radio he feared his father would be assassinated and that multiple prisoners have died from hepatitis in the jail due to the poor conditions.
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Authorities could then 'eventually blame it on natural death', in reference to his father contracting the deadly disease.
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Khan pictured with his first wife, British heiress Jemima Goldsmith, who has also spoken out about how her ex-husband has been treated
Kasim said he had hoped Prime Minister Andy Burnham might revisit the case and offer assistance.
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'There's nothing they fear more than foreign countries, foreign intervention.
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But as long as we go without any kind of support, then they have complete power in Pakistan, they can do absolutely anything.
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They're very, very unpredictable and chaotic,' he said.
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The brothers have previously described Khan's inhumane quarters as a 'death cell' with 'filthy water'.
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'The conditions are disgusting and also he is completely isolated from any human contact,' Kasim said.
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He added that his father was being subjected to 'psychological torture tactics' as even the prison guards were not allowed to communicate with him as he spends 23 hours in isolation.
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Khan complained of high blood pressure, heart palpitations and anxiety to his sister who was allowed to join him for a short period while in a government hospital.
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In August, Sky Sports broadcast an interview with the two sons during an England v Pakistan cricket match, which prompted the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to threaten abandoning the match.
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The heavily politicised PCB is sensitive to any criticism of government policy, and has denied mistreating Khan or forbidding prison visits by his family and lawyers.
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In February, 14 cricket greats from around the world, including ex-England captains Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton, signed an open letter calling for better treatment for Khan.
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During his time as an international cricketer, Khan became one of the most successful all-rounders in history, featuring in 88 Test matches and concluding his career by leading Pakistan to World Cup glory in 1992.
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He enjoyed popular support when he became the premier of Pakistan in 2018, but fell out with the king-making military establishment and was booted from power in a 2022 no-confidence vote.
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His supporters have regularly taken to the streets to demand his release on multiple occasions since his arrest in May 2023.
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