Kasim Khan, son of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, has said that his father was in "really poor conditions" in Adiala jail in Rawalpindi and that he and his brother, Sulaiman Khan, were looking for a possible way out.
In an interview on US media outlet Real America's Voice shared on Wednesday, Khan said that his father was incarcerated in a solitary confinement cell and allowed only two hours a day to spend time in daylight. He further said that they were unable to speak to their father.
Imran has been imprisoned since August 2023. Currently he is serving a sentence at the Adiala Jail in a £190 million corruption case. Besides he faces pending trials under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) related to the protests of May 9, 2023.
"Right now he's in really, really poor conditions and it looks like they're getting worse and worse by the moment. So we're looking for any way out possible," Kasim said. He "is incarcerated in a solitary confinement cell," he added. "The state of the cell he's in is awful, quite frankly."
He continued, alleging that Imran was showering in muddy water and 10 people who were incarcerated there had died from filthy conditions. "There were moments he went 10 days without any light in his cell". He termed it a "torture tactic".
"We're not able to speak to him at all," he said, expressing his worry over not being able to see his father. Kasim Khan said that he and his brother were "looking to America at the moment" for support. "It seems like it might be the only route out at the moment."
He said that during a meeting in the US, US President Donald Trump's key aide Richard Grenell was "very kind to spend some time with us." He added: "We spoke at length and I don't want to get into details but I'm very, very hopeful from that."
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