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Imran Khan's sons accuse Pakistani army chief of personal vendetta against imprisoned father

Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 06:07 · 1 min read

The sons of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan have accused the country's army chief, General Asim Munir, of waging a personal vendetta against their father, warning that he is being "slowly killed" inside Adiala prison in Rawalpindi, where he has been held since 2023. Kasim Khan, 27, and Sulaiman Khan, 29 — speaking from London, where their visa applications to travel to Pakistan have gone unanswered for over nine months — say they have been unable to speak with their father for more than six months, in what Pakistan's Supreme Court has flagged as a potential contempt of government. Khan, 73, is serving a 14-year sentence on corruption charges he dismisses as politically motivated, and the UN has stated that his prolonged solitary confinement in a cell reportedly measuring just six by eight feet may constitute psychological torture; a Supreme Court ruling last month ordering private hospital treatment for a serious eye condition was, according to his family, only partially complied with by authorities.

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The Guardian — Imran Khan’s sons accuse Pakistani army chief of vendetta against imprisoned father ↗︎
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