Rumours about the death of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, currently imprisoned in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail since August 2023, have ignited a storm across social media.
Although jail authorities insist his health is “perfectly fine”, the secrecy and fear surrounding his condition have only intensified speculation.
For three long weeks, his three sisters — Aleema Khan, Noreen Niazi, and Dr. Uzma Khan — have desperately sought permission to meet him, but every attempt has been blocked.
In any democratic nation, even hardened criminals are granted the basic human right to meet family. But in Pakistan — a country infamous for its history of humiliating, torturing, and eliminating its own elected leaders — even that right is a luxury.
Pakistan’s past bleeds with the tragic fates of its prime ministers:
- Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged after a military trial
- Benazir Bhutto was murdered in a terror attack under suspicious circumstances
- Nawaz Sharif exiled, imprisoned, and repeatedly removed
- Imran Khan is now behind bars, silenced, isolated, and denied basic rights
The pattern is clear — prime ministers are disposable, army generals are permanent.
The military establishment has always called the shots, and civilian leaders rise and fall only with the blessing of the uniform.
The result of this toxic power structure has been seen in other nations too — but history shows that where generals rule, nations crumble, and ordinary citizens carry the scars.
Assault on Imran Khan’s Sisters
The recent treatment of Imran’s sisters exposes the brutal face of the system. While staging a peaceful sit-in outside Adiala Jail, they were allegedly lathi-charged, dragged by the hair, and forcibly taken into custody.
Videos and eyewitnesses describe them being humiliated on public roads — simply because they wanted to meet their brother.
A crowd gathered outside the Jail in which Imran has been imprisoned. What is troubling PTI supporters is why the jail authorities were not allowing the family to meet the jailed leader.
This was not an isolated event:
- In April 2025, they were arrested trying to visit him.
- In September 2025, Aleema was pelted with eggs outside the jail.
- Last week, they were mistreated and assaulted again.
PTI has demanded government accountability and warned that it will not tolerate any harm to Imran Khan, calling the spread of rumours about his death a threat to national security.
The Broader Reality
Pakistan’s courts repeatedly ordered that the family and lawyers be allowed access — in March 2025 and again in October 2025 — yet not a single meeting has been permitted. A High Court order means little when a military boot decides otherwise.
Meanwhile, more than 100 cases continue against Imran Khan — ranging from the Toshakhana case to the Al-Qadir Trust allegations — charges that many believe are politically engineered to permanently erase his influence.
Until his arrest, he was one of Pakistan’s most wildly popular leaders, capable of rallying millions — a threat the establishment could not tolerate.
The Silent Suffering of the People
While power struggles rage between politicians and generals, it is the ordinary population that pays the highest price — through economic collapse, censorship, violence, and shrinking civil liberties. Every time democracy dies, the country’s future dies with it.
And now, a nation waits — not knowing the truth about the man they once chose to lead them.
Will Imran Khan walk out of prison alive, or will Pakistan’s unending curse claim yet another Prime Minister?