Imran Khan Alleges Confinement, Claims Threat to His Life Under Asim Munir

Former Pakistani prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan on Tuesday said he fears for his life while being held in Adiala Jail, where he is serving a 14-year sentence in the Al-Qadir Trust case along with additional convictions that keep him behind bars.

According to a PTI statement issued after a meeting between Imran Khan and his sister Uzma Khan, the former premier alleged that the “military establishment has done everything possible” to target him and claimed that only “murder” was left. The party further alleged he is being kept in solitary confinement without electricity or sunlight, provided substandard food and unsafe drinking water, and denied medical care and other basic facilities available to regular inmates.

Khan maintained that he is being held under conditions similar to those reserved for death-row prisoners. “If anything happens to me, the Army Chief and DG ISI will be responsible,” he said, adding that the facilities provided to him are “the same as an inmate on death row.”

Describing his treatment as “inhumane,” Khan alleged that he was kept in a “cage-like cell,” denied electricity for five days, and confined indoors for ten days. He accused Pakistan’s powerful military establishment — particularly Army Chief General Asim Munir — of political persecution, calling him “the most tyrannical dictator in history.”

Uzma Khan, who was allowed to meet him inside the high-security Rawalpindi facility near the Pakistan Army’s General Headquarters, spent around 25–35 minutes with her brother, according to sources quoted by CNN. Those close to her said Imran Khan appeared “fine, fit, and in high spirits,” and remained mentally strong during the conversation.

Uzma Khan said her brother was upset about issues related to jail administration, but insisted his “morale remained high.” Sources added that the PTI founder reiterated his accusation that General Asim Munir was responsible for what he described as “mental torture” in custody.