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Pakistan's campaign against Imran Khan

Imprisoned since August 2023, serving concurrent sentences totaling 30+ years; held in solitary confinement condemned by UN as torture

Pakistan's former cricket star turned prime minister has been behind bars since August 2023, facing more than 200 criminal cases. In January 2025, a court sentenced him to 14 years for the Al-Qadir Trust case—bringing his total prison time to over 30 years across multiple convictions. On December 21, 2024, he received 17 years for selling state gifts including Saudi jewelry far below market value. His wife, a spiritual healer who influenced his government from behind closed doors, faces concurrent sentences totaling 24 years. Both have been blocked from meeting lawyers to sign appeals, and the UN has condemned Khan's detention conditions as torture.

Updated May 16

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Khan has maintained all cases are politically motivated, telling supporters the establishment fears his popularity. 'They want to break PTI,' he said from prison in November 2024.

from Pakistan's campaign against Imran Khan · Updated May 16

Khan warned in December 2024: 'If demands are not accepted, a civil disobedience movement will begin on December 14, with the government bearing full responsibility for the consequences.'

from Pakistan's campaign against Imran Khan · Updated May 16

In January 2025, Khan 'categorically' directed that no further negotiations should take place because the government had not agreed to form judicial commissions to investigate the violent events of May 9, 2023 and November 26, 2024.

from Pakistan's campaign against Imran Khan · Updated May 16