ISLAMABAD– Jemima Goldsmith, former wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan, has strongly condemned the Pakistani government after a top official threatened to arrest the couple’s sons if they attempt to visit their father in prison.
“My children are not allowed to speak on the phone to their father Imran Khan. He has been in solitary confinement in prison for nearly two years. Pakistan’s government has now said if they go there to try to see him, they too will be arrested and put behind bars. This doesn’t happen in a democracy or a functioning state. This isn’t politics. It’s a personal vendetta,” Jemima posted on X.
Her statement followed comments made by Rana Sanaullah, the Prime Minister’s Advisor on Political Affairs, during a private TV interview.
“If Imran Khan’s sons come to Pakistan and join the movement, they will be arrested,” Sanaullah said.
Outside Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, Imran Khan’s sister Aleema revealed that Khan’s sons, Kasim and Suleiman—both based in the United Kingdom—plan to visit the United States to raise awareness about their father’s condition before traveling to Pakistan to support PTI’s political campaign.
Speaking to reporters outside the Islamabad High Court, PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja stated, “It is the right of the sons of the PTI founder to be a part of the movement.”
Kasim Khan also voiced his concerns in a post on X about his father’s treatment in custody.
“My father, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, has now spent over 700 days in prison—held in solitary confinement. He is denied access to his lawyers, not allowed visits from his family, fully cut off from us (his children), and even his personal doctor is refused entry. This is not justice. It is a deliberate attempt to isolate and break a man who stood for rule of law, democracy, and Pakistan,” he wrote.
Imran Khan has been behind bars since August 2023 and faces multiple charges, including corruption and terrorism, after being ousted from power through a no-confidence vote in April 2022. (Source: IANS)
