Imran Khan's Son Says No One Has Heard From Him Since August

Sulaiman Khan, the son of jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, said no one has seen or heard from his father since August, and he warned that his father's life is in danger. His statement was reported by the Associated Press on Oct. 30 and Oct. 31.

"No one has seen or heard from my father since August, when he explicitly said that he was being tortured and that the regime was trying to kill him like Egypt's government did Morsi," Sulaiman Khan wrote. Mohamed Morsi, the former Egyptian president, died during a court hearing in 2019.

A warning about responsibility

"It is clear that they are trying to kill him as he is by far the most popular political figure in the country, and they fear him. If the worst happens, no one should make any mistake who is responsible," Sulaiman wrote.

Sulaiman accused army chief General Asim Munir of ignoring an August Supreme Court order directing that Khan be assessed and treated at the private Shifa International Hospital and granted regular visits from family and access to his lawyers. According to Sulaiman, family members and lawyers have not heard from Khan in months, and the contact stopped after the August messages he described.

Held at Adiala Jail

Imran Khan, 74, is a former prime minister and a former Pakistan cricket captain. He is serving prison sentences at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi after convictions on corruption and bribery charges. He faces charges in more than 100 cases. Sulaiman presented the long silence from his father, a figure he described as the most popular political figure in the country, as the reason for raising the alarm in public now.

The government response

Pakistan's government has denied allegations of mistreatment and solitary confinement. The Ministry of Information told the Associated Press in a written response in August that Khan is not held under a government order but as a "convicted prisoner" serving sentences imposed by courts following judicial proceedings. That response stands against Sulaiman's account. The reporting does not present an independent confirmation of Khan's current condition.

Pressure around the family and his party

Khan's three sisters, Aleema Khan, Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi, were detained in September 2026 under the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance ahead of planned protests.

On Oct 11, 2026, President Asif Ali Zardari declared a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and suspended the provincial government led by Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, citing Islamist militancy.

Sulaiman's claims are allegations, attributed here to him. The government disputes mistreatment. Readers are left with two conflicting accounts and, on Sulaiman's account, no word from Khan himself since August.