Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has responded to Jemima Goldsmith’s post on X (formerly Twitter) concerning the health of the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, in Adiala Jail Rawalpindi.
Goldsmith, while alleging the incumbent government of misconduct towards Imran Khan in jail, wrote on X, “The Pakistan authorities have stopped all visits to him by his family and his lawyers. They have also postponed all court hearings.”
The post sparked a strong reaction on social media.
Responding to Jemima Goldsmith’s concern, Khawaja Asif said that Imran Khan was treated with constant leniency, adding that the incarcerated Khan had never shown mercy towards his opponents.
Recalling the Imran Khan-led government’s aggressiveness towards the opposition, the Defence Minister claimed that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was not even allowed to phone call his wife Kulsoom Nawaz when she was on her deathbed while the opposition leader was in jail without any allegation.
Similarly, British Journalist Piers Morgan also reacted to Jemima Goldsmith’s post, “This is outrageous, and appalling. Please RT Jemima’s tweet to raise awareness of this shocking development.”
Asif stated that Piers Morgan was disappointed over the case of a convicted prisoner in Pakistan but turned a blind eye to the plight of thousands of Palestinian hostages in Zionist prisons and the brutal genocide in Gaza.
