UN expert decries Imran’s detention, calls on authorities to ensure compliance with international standards

UN expert raises concerns over Imran Khan’s inhumane conditions of confinement in Pakistan

The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, on Friday urged Pakistani authorities to take immediate and effective action to address reports of inhumane and undignified detention conditions of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, warning that they could amount to torture and other cruel or degrading treatment. Imran Khan, a cricketer turned politician who has been detained since August 2023, received a sentence of 14 years imprisonment…

UN expert decries Imran’s detention, calls on authorities to ensure compliance with international standards

A United Nations’ (UN) special rapporteur warned on Friday that PTI founder and former prime minister Imran Khan is being held in conditions that could amount to inhuman or degrading treatment, calling on Pakistani authorities to comply with international norms and standards. In September, his legal team approached the rapporteur to urge the Pakistani government to cease the alleged mistreatment of the couple. Prime Minister’s Aide Rana Ihsan Af…

Efforts underway to suppress ex-Pak PM Imran Khan: KPK CM

Peshawar, Dec 14 (PTI) Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Chief Minister Suhail Afridi on Sunday said that systematic efforts are underway to suppress jailed former prime minister Imran Khan. Addressing a public gathering in Kohat district, around 65 km southwest of Peshawar, Afridi also warned the federal government that if Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), of which he is a member, heads to Islamabad’s D-Chowk again, they will return “…