The sons of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan, Kasim and Sulaiman, have stated that their father is being kept in isolation in jail, stating that these were “clear torture tactics”. The two made the remarks in an interview with British journalist Mehdi Hasan, a four-minute preview of which is available to the public on Zeteo’s website. The full interview is behind a pay wall.
In the interview with Hasan, Kasim, and Sulaiman were asked about the government‘s claims of treating Imran like a “prince” during his incarceration. “Couldn’t be less true,“ replied Kasim. He said that Imran was being held in a cell that was six feet by eight inches, “barely enough to stand”. “The conditions are awful. He is washing himself in brown, murky water. And the food he has is — he is not the one to complain — but it’s apparently dreadful. To be a prince is far from it,” he said.
Kasim also recalled Imran’s recent meeting with his sister Uzma, saying the former premier was “pretty furious from what we have heard“. “He was just unhappy with the … complete isolation. They’re not even allowing guards to speak to him because they want total isolation from any other person just to try and break him,” he said. “So it’s all very clear torture tactics,” he said.