Sulaiman Khan, the son of Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, has issued an urgent public warning that his father's life is in danger, saying neither family members nor lawyers have heard from him since August. In a statement reported on 31 October, Sulaiman said his father had previously claimed he was being tortured and feared he could suffer the same fate as Egypt's former president Mohamed Morsi, who died during a court hearing in 2019.

Sulaiman blamed Pakistan's army chief, General Asim Munir, for his father's continued detention. He accused the authorities of ignoring an August Supreme Court order directing that Imran Khan be assessed and treated at the private Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad, and granted regular family visits and access to his lawyers. He wrote that they were trying to kill him because they feared him as the country's most popular political figure.

A claim the government rejects

The government of Pakistan has denied allegations of mistreatment and solitary confinement. In a written response to the Associated Press in August, the Ministry of Information said Imran Khan, 74, was not being held under a government order but as a convicted prisoner serving sentences imposed by courts following judicial proceedings. He is serving time at Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail after convictions on corruption and bribery charges, and faces more than 100 cases.

His three sisters were detained in September 2026 ahead of planned protests, and their detention was later extended. On 11 October, President Asif Ali Zardari declared a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and suspended the PTI-led provincial government, citing militancy near the Afghan border.