Imran Khan faces over 200 circumstances and has been convicted in a couple of of them. (File)

Islamabad:

Pakistan’s jailed former premier Imran Khan has claimed that he’s being caged like a “terrorist”, and was denied fundamental prisoner and human rights in a “dying cell” at a high-security jail.

The 71-year-old Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf occasion founder made these claims in a uncommon interview from behind bars with British publication ‘The Sunday Instances’, the Daybreak newspaper reported on Sunday.

“I’m confined in a 7ft by 8ft dying cell, sometimes reserved for terrorists to make sure they don’t have any contact with anybody,” he instructed the newspaper.

“It’s solitary confinement with barely any area to maneuver. I’m beneath fixed surveillance by the businesses, being recorded 24/7, and I’m denied fundamental prisoner and human rights similar to visitation,” he mentioned.

The interview was performed through his attorneys, as – in accordance with the article – he isn’t allowed a pencil and paper.

Khan has been imprisoned on the high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi for nearly a 12 months upon his conviction in three circumstances – the Toshakhana corruption case, the cipher case, and the un-Islamic marriage case — through which his spouse, Bushra Bibi, can also be jailed.

He faces over 200 circumstances and has been convicted in a couple of of them.

Although the former-cricketer-turned-politician had secured bail or his conviction was put aside, he has not been launched.

Khan was arrested on August 5 final 12 months after his conviction within the first Toshakhana corruption case filed by the Election Fee of Pakistan.

Since then, he has been saved in jail in varied circumstances.

After setting apart Khan’s conviction within the Iddat (un-Islamic marriage) case earlier this month, the courtroom dominated that he needs to be launched from jail if he isn’t wished in one other case.

However inside hours, he was arrested in one other Toshakhana case alongside along with his 49-year-old spouse Bushra, and each are nonetheless in jail.

He incessantly alleges about not being handled nicely in jail, however authorities to this point have been rejecting his claims and allegations.

Responding to experiences about Khan’s imprisonment situations, Data Minister Atta Tarar denied he was being held in a dying row cell.

“The Sharif household endured harsh situations, however Imran Khan enjoys presidential suites at Adiala Jail, with entry to a gymnasium, kitchen, strolling gallery, and opulent meals,” he mentioned at a press convention.

On Saturday, Khan’s spouse, Bushra additionally expressed grave considerations about her husband’s security within the Adiala Jail, alleging that he was saved in inhumane situations and given contaminated meals.

In response to Bushra, Khan’s life is at risk, maintaining in view the previous incidents the place he was allegedly poisoned and shot at. 

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