LONDON – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s sons, Kasim and Suleiman Khan, have announced plans to visit Pakistan in January 2026, saying they have applied for their visas.
In a recent interview with Sky News’ The World with Yalda Hakim, the brothers expressed deep concern about their father’s wellbeing, stating that they feared they might never see him again due to his current conditions in prison.
Kasim Khan described the harsh conditions in which the former Pakistani prime minister has been held since his imprisonment in August 2023.
He revealed, “He’s been in a solitary confinement cell for over two years where he’s had filthy water, he is around inmates who are dying of hepatitis, the conditions are disgusting and also he is completely isolated from any human contact.”
Kasim went on to express the growing difficulty of finding hope, adding, “It’s getting harder to see a route out at this point. We’re trying to have faith. But at the same time, right now, the conditions are getting worse. It’s very hard to see a way out… We’re now worried we might never see him again.”
Suleiman Khan, his brother, shared further details, calling the cell where their father spends 23 hours a day a “death cell.”
The brothers’ statements align with a report by Imran Khan’s sister, Uzma Khanum, who, after a visit to the prison earlier this month, confirmed that Imran Khan had been enduring extreme isolation and psychological pressure. For weeks, his family had reported being denied access to him.
Imran Khan, who led Pakistan from 2018 to 2022, has been incarcerated following his conviction in August 2023 for illegally selling state gifts. He was handed a three-year prison sentence, but he maintains that the charges against him were politically motivated after his removal from office in a parliamentary vote in 2022.
Responding to the claims about Imran Khan’s prison conditions, Mosharraf Zaidi, a spokesperson for Pakistan’s current Prime Minister, rejected the allegations, stating that Imran Khan was not being held in solitary confinement.
