Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan (File photo)
He also claimed that field marshal Munir’s policies were “disastrous” for Pakistan and accused him of intentionally “igniting tensions” with Afghanistan. Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the country’s army chief and de-facto ruler Asim Munir , calling him a “mentally unstable man.
The 73-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician shared these remarks on social media a day after his sister, Dr Uzma Khan, met him in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail. Because of his policies, terrorism has spiralled out of control that grieves me deeply.
The meeting took place after more than a month, following “special permission” from Shehbaz Sharif ’s government, amid widespread rumours on social media about Imran’s health and safety after he was placed in solitary confinement. In a post on X written in Urdu, Khan said, “Asim Munir’s policies are disastrous for Pakistan. The PTI founder said he had always opposed “drone attacks and military operations against own people in the country which he said would only fuel more terrorism. My sister Noreen Niazi was dragged on the road simply for demanding her legitimate right to meet me,” he said.
He added that despite court orders, his meetings with political colleagues were stopped, and now even his access to lawyers and family had been cut off. “Pick up any human rights charter, psychological torture is considered ‘torture’ and is deemed even more severe than physical torture.
Uzma, after seeing her brother, said his health was “perfectly fine” but he was being subjected to “mental torture in solitary confinement. However, he was very angry and said that they are subjecting him to mental torture,” she said. Khan praised Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Sohail Afridi for showing courage during what he called an “environment of repression. He wrote, “I ask him to continue to play on the front foot. There is no law or Constitution in this country. The law is enforced only against PTI as everyone else is exempt. “Praise be to Allah! His health is perfectly fine.
Those threatening governor’s rule in KP should impose it today rather than tomorrow and then watch what happens to them. ” Speculation about Khan’s health had grown after an undeclared ban was imposed on meeting him.