Jemima Goldsmith, ex-wife of imprisoned former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, called for his release on Wednesday, lifting a ban on her meetings with his family and saying they were attempts “to silence them like this.” than the entire political opposition in Pakistan.

His allegations and appeal were the subject of a lengthy post on X at a time when Pakistan is hosting the summit of the Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Wednesday.

Khan, 72, founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been incarcerated in Adiala jail in Rawalpindi for over a year and has faced several cases and been convicted in some of them. they.

The government of Punjab province – where the prison is located – on October 7 banned Khan from meeting his family members, lawyers and party leaders until October 18, citing “security concerns”.

Jemima Goldsmith also claimed that in recent years she had been “bullied and harassed into silence by PML-N goons, including rape threats and countless theories of conspiracy.”

The PML-N, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, is Khan’s main rival party and leads Pakistan’s ruling coalition. Khan and his party leaders asserted that the PML-N was taking all possible steps to end the existence of the PTI.

An English journalist, she was married to Khan from 1995 to 2004 and they have two sons.

In her post on and his lawyers, and also postponed all court hearings.

“In addition to cutting off in-person visits and in defiance of a court order, his weekly calls to his sons, Sulaiman and Kasim Khan, who are British and live in London, were cut off on September 10,” he said. -she writes in the message on X.

She also alleged that authorities had “now turned off the lights and electricity in his cell” and that he was not allowed to leave his cell at any time; The prison cook was also placed on leave and claimed that Khan was now completely isolated, “in solitary confinement, literally in the dark, with no contact with the outside world.”

“These actions come against the backdrop of the continued targeting of Imran’s family, as well as members and supporters of his party (PTI), in an attempt to silence them and all political opposition in Pakistan,” she added.

She also mentioned that Imran’s nephew, Hassan Niazi, a civilian, has been held in military detention since August 2023 and that more recently his sisters, Uzma and Aleema Khan, were arrested while peacefully traveling to a demonstration.

“We urgently call for the release of Imran Khan, along with that of his sisters and nephew, and for his sons to be re-established in contact with their father, so that they can have first-hand assurance. that he is fine and not being mistreated,” she said.

In another article on X shortly after, she said: “I don’t usually comment on Pakistani politics. I disagree with IK (Khan) on many political issues. But this is not about politics, but about the father of my children, his human rights and international law.”

She then alleged that over the past few years she had been “bullied and harassed into silence by PML-N goons, including rape threats and countless conspiracy theories “.

Khan’s former wife also claimed that social media is banned in Pakistan and that civilians have been kidnapped and that anyone with a platform who spoke out, “is now in jail and silenced.”

Two days ago, PTI leader Barrister Saif, who is the information advisor to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister from Khan’s party, had also raised concerns over the ban, saying that It had caused growing anxiety among members and supporters of his party.