He's Being 'TORTURED' - Imran Khan's Sons on Their Father's Imprisonment

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"If anyone could get through this, [Imran Khan] can. But it is mental torture. Physical and mental torture."

It has been over two years since former Prime Minister Imran Khan was detained by the Pakistani government under a flurry of widely disputed charges ranging from corruption to sharing state secrets – and no release date on the horizon. With his conditions in jail only worsening, and with the UN special rapporteur on torture recently calling his confinement “inhumane” and “unlawful”, his two sons, Sulaiman and Kasim Khan join Mehdi on set in London to advocate for his immediate release.

In a wide-ranging and very personal interview, the two brothers open up to Mehdi about several topics related to Imran Khan’s detention:

- The role they hoped Donald Trump would play but didn’t, saying they are “disheartened” by his budding relationship with Pakistani military chief Asim Munir.

- How the Pakistani government has ended their court-mandated calls to their imprisoned father without “any official reason.”

- How the UK government told them they “won’t have any kind of protection” if they go to Pakistan.

- The controversial role and influence of Khan’s current wife, Bushra Bibi.

- Whether Khan would become a “martyr” if he were executed by the Pakistani military.

- Their childhood memories of their father, prior to his political career, and their own current passion for cricket.

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