Islamabad:Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, is the subject of a shocking allegation that he was tortured and then killed in prison. The Baluchistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has alleged that Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI and Asim Munir carried out the plot. These reports have not received any official confirmation.
Meanwhile, images of crowds gathered outside the prison are circulating widely on social media, with claims that Imran Khan’s sisters and other family members are not being allowed to enter the jail. This has deepened suspicions that he may have been killed.
Reports have begun circulating on social media in Pakistan and several Afghan media claiming Imran Khan has been assassinated inside the Adiala jail in Rawalpindi. These posts, which were shared by multiple accounts, including one claiming to be the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Baluchistan, suggest that Khan might have been killed while being held.
Reports of the murder of Imran KhanCiting unidentified news sources, the MFA Baluchistan account stated that information was emerging from inside Punjabi prisons indicating that army chief Asim Munir and the ISI administration had killed Imran Khan.
"Reports are now surfacing from inside the prisons of Punjab Pakistan, that Imran Khan, who was being held in custody, has been killed by Asim Munir and his ISI administration according to several news outlets. If this information is confirmed to be true, it marks the absolute end of terrorist Pakistan. The post stated, "The moment the truth is revealed to the world, the collapse of its last remaining legitimacy will begin."
These assertions have not been independently verified, their veracity cannot be confirmed, and their credibility cannot be attested to.
Imran Khan hasn't been seen in public in months.Since August 2023, Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, has been detained in Adiala jail. For several months, Islamabad has imposed an undeclared restriction on visits to him, preventing friends, family, and political leaders from meeting him in custody.
On Tuesday, his three sisters attempted to visit him following the spread of the death rumours. They alleged that they were subjected to heavy handed treatment by police officers. Noreen Khan, Aleema Khan, and Uzma Khan stated that police personnel assaulted them, along with PTI supporters who had gathered outside the prison in hopes of receiving information about Khan’s condition.
Khan's meeting with Sohail Afridi, the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has also been repeatedly prevented. Afridi has reportedly made seven attempts to visit him at Adiala jail, but prison officials have reportedly turned him down each time. Khan has previously asserted that the Army, which he accuses of obstructing direct communication with him, is in charge of the jail administration.