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Rawalpindi, Updated At: 02:00 AM Dec 03, 2025 IST
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan’s health is “perfectly fine” but he is being subjected to “mental torture in solitary confinement”, his sister Dr Uzma Khan said on Tuesday after meeting him at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.
The visit comes amid rumours on social media about Khan’s health after his family said they had been repeatedly denied visits for more than a month. Uzma told reporters the meeting lasted about 30 minutes and that Imran appeared “very angry” over his treatment. “Imran Khan’s health is perfectly fine. However, he was very angry and said they were subjecting him to mental torture,” she said, adding he remained confined to his room most of the day with limited time outside and no communication with anyone.
Uzma was accompanied by a group of PTI supporters who gathered outside the jail while she went in to see the former prime minister.
The visit took place as Imran’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) staged demonstrations outside the Islamabad High Court and Adiala Jail to protest restrictions on visitation rights. The party says family members and senior leaders have been unable to meet the PTI founder for weeks. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi told media that no one had been permitted to meet Imran or his wife, Bushra Bibi, since October 27.
Authorities imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code in Islamabad and Rawalpindi ahead of the protests, banning gatherings of four or more people for a limited time. An unannounced ban on meeting Khan, who has been in custody since August 2023 in multiple cases, had fuelled speculation on social media about his condition. Adiala Jail officials, however, said he was in “good health”.
The Punjab government deployed the entire Rawalpindi police force along Adiala Road to prevent the PTI protest. Station house officers from eight Rawalpindi police stations and senior officers were positioned outside Adiala Jail. A group of lawyers also demonstrated outside the Islamabad High Court against the government’s decision to keep Imran in isolation.
Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry said authorities would enforce Section 144 in Islamabad and Rawalpindi “at any cost,” warning that action would be carried out without discrimination whether protesters went to the IHC or the Adiala jail.
Imran Khan’s son Kasim Khan posted on X demanding proof that his father is alive, saying, “We demand proof of (Imran Khan)’s life.” PTI has warned of countrywide protests if the government does not allow his sisters to see him. His sisters have also warned that if anything happens to Khan, those involved and their families would not be spared by Pakistanis both at home and abroad.
