Imran Khan 'perfectly fine', says sister after meeting him at prison amid death rumours
“Imran Khan’s health is perfectly fine. However, he was very angry and said that they are subjecting him to mental torture,” she said.
Former Pakistan prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan's sister Uzma Khanum today (2 December) said her brother was "perfectly fine" after a meeting with him at Rawalpindi's Adiala jail, reports Dawn.
Prison authorities had allowed her to meet the incarcerated former prime minister amid rumours about his death, giving rise to fears of unrest in the country.
Scores of PTI supporters, who had accompanied her to the facility, gathered outside the jail.
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Speaking to the media after the meeting, Uzma said, "Imran Khan's health is perfectly fine. However, he was very angry and said that they are subjecting him to mental torture."
She said her brother was kept in his room throughout the day, with only a little time to go outside, and there was no communication with anyone.
Uzma said the meeting lasted around 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, PTI supporters staged protests outside the Islamabad High Court and the Adiala jail today against restrictions on Imran's visitation rights.
The party had claimed that the ex-premier's family and party leaders had been denied access to him for the last several weeks.
Citing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, Dawn reported that no one had been allowed to meet Imran or his wife, Bushra Bibi, since 27 October.
Earlier, the Pakistan government banned gatherings and imposed Section 144 in Rawalpindi amid a protest planned by PTI, demanding that relatives and supporters of the former prime minister be given access to him.
Fears for Khan's life and health
The sons of Imran Khan have earlier expressed fear that the Pakistani authorities are concealing "something irreversible" about his condition after more than three weeks with no evidence that he is still alive.
His son, Kasim Khan, told Reuters the family has had no direct or verifiable contact with Khan, despite a judicial order for weekly meetings.
"Not knowing whether your father is safe, injured, or even alive is a form of psychological torture," he said in written remarks, adding that there had been no independently confirmed communication for a couple of months.
The family has repeatedly sought access for Khan's personal physician, who has not been allowed to examine him for more than a year, he added.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a jail official told Reuters that Khan is in good health, adding that he is not aware of any plan for a move to a higher-security facility.
The 73-year-old has been in jail since August 2023, convicted in a string of cases that he says were politically driven following his ouster in a 2022 parliamentary vote.
His first conviction centred on accusations that he unlawfully sold gifts received in office, in a proceeding widely referred to as the Toshakhana case.
Later verdicts added lengthy jail terms, including 10 years on accusations of leaking a diplomatic cable and 14 years in a separate graft case tied to the Al-Qadir Trust, a charity project prosecutors say figured in improper land deals.
