Kasim Khan, son of jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan, says Pakistani authorities are deliberately refusing to process visa applications for him and his brother, preventing the siblings from travelling to Pakistan to see their father.
In a post on X, Kasim said he and his elder brother, Suleiman, have tried to visit Imran Khan, who has been held in solitary confinement for 914 days and whose health has reportedly deteriorated amid restricted access to independent medical care. “Denying a prisoner treatment is cruel. Denying his children, the right to see him is collective punishment,” he wrote.
Kasim appealed for international intervention, urging human rights organisations and foreign governments to act before irreversible harm occurs. Kasim and Suleiman live in London with their mother, Jemima Goldsmith.
The claims come as concerns mount over Imran Khan’s medical treatment and access to doctors. Pakistani authorities last week acknowledged that Imran Khan had been taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) after media reports raised questions about his care. The PTI called the move a “secret transfer,” accusing officials of keeping family members and party leaders in the dark and of blocking access to the former prime minister’s personal physicians.
Opposition leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai has written to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif seeking his personal intervention to allow examinations by Imran Khan’s trusted medical team. Kasim and Suleiman said in December 2025 that they applied for visas to travel to Pakistan in January; reports this week say Pakistani authorities are refusing to issue those visas, intensifying worries about the family’s ability to see the former premier.
