Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan, who is currently held in solitary confinement in Adiala Jail, issued his most ferocious attack yet on the country’s military leadership—specifically targeting Army Chief General Asim Munir—in a blistering and emotionally charged message on X.
Painting a harrowing picture of isolation and alleged state repression, Khan described the “complete abolition of the Constitution and fundamental human rights" in Pakistan.
In his no-holds-barred attack, the former prime minister alleged that Munir is “mentally ill", “morally depraved", and responsible for destroying Pakistan’s legal and constitutional framework. He accused the army chief of ordering his and his wife Bushra Bibi’s imprisonment on false charges, claiming both are being subjected to “the most severe mental torture".
“I have been completely confined in a cell and placed in solitary confinement. For four weeks, I haven’t met even a single human being," Khan stated, asserting that even basic jail-manual necessities have been denied. He added that despite high court orders, meetings with political companions were stopped first, followed by a ban on meetings with lawyers and family.
Khan said mental abuse “is considered an even more serious act than physical violence", accusing the state of violating every major human rights charter. Khan further alleged that his sister Noreen Niazi was “dragged on the street" for demanding the right to meet him, while senior PTI leader Dr Yasmin Rashid, an elderly cancer survivor, was imprisoned “for political revenge".
He claimed Bushra Bibi’s incarceration is solely to pressure him, adding that she is deprived of facilities and even denied meetings with her children. “These examples give an idea of this person’s mental level," he wrote, directly accusing Munir.
Extending his criticism to national security policies, Khan said Munir’s policies are “destructive" and responsible for the resurgence of terrorism. Imploring the country’s citizens, he said: “Enduring solitary confinement is an extremely painful process, but I am bearing it only for the sake of my nation. Until the nation breaks the chains of slavery itself, the mafias imposed on Pakistan will continue to exploit it in this way. The extension mafia, land mafia, sugar mafia, mandate thief mafia—each one will keep this nation enslaved until it rises up on its own. You are their slaves today; your generations will be slaves to their generations. If this cycle is to be broken, the nation must rise up itself, break the chains of slavery, and stand for ‘true freedom’."
He added: “I have always said that drone attacks and military operations on our own people only increase terrorism—Asim Munir’s policies are destructive for this country. Due to his policies alone, the cancer of terrorism in the country is out of control today, which fills me with extreme sorrow. He doesn’t care a whit for the interests of his own country. Everything he is doing, he is doing merely to please the Western world."
Khan also accused the army chief of escalating tensions with Afghanistan to present himself as an “international mujahid", claiming Pakistan’s recent refugee expulsions and drone strikes were politically motivated and dangerous. “This person has sacrificed the country to terrorism for his personal interests," Khan asserted.
The former premier also blasted PTI members who participated in the NDU workshop, calling them “Mir Sadiq" and “Mir Jafar". He warned that PTI has no place for people “playing on both sides of the wicket". However, he praised Sohail Afridi for resistance and urged him to “keep playing on the front foot".
Switching to internal party matters, Khan told his sister during their December 2 meeting—his first after a month of isolation—that he is resigning from PTI’s political committee, giving secretary general Salman Akram Raja full authority to form a new strategy committee. He nominated Shahid Khattak as PTI’s parliamentary leader in the National Assembly and advised full PTI support for Pakistan Bar candidates endorsed by Salman Akram Raja and Hamid Khan.
Khan also directed Sohail Afridi to personally oversee Khyber Pakhtunkhwa legal matters, including bar associations and the ILF. Expressing concern over Pakistan’s economic crisis, he said: “Agriculture is the backbone of our economy, and its current state is alarming. I am extremely saddened by the way farmers’ rights are being looted."
Khan reiterated that there is “no law, no Constitution, no human rights" left in Pakistan, urging the nation to “break the chains of slavery" and resist the “mafia" systems he claims dominate the country—from the “extension mafia" to the “mandate thief mafia."
Calling for protests, Khan instructed PTI’s parliamentary party to challenge the delay in notifications for Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, whom he described as “democracy-loving and principled people". He said PTI should follow any movement call issued by Tehreek Tahafuz Ayin Pakistan.
In closing, Khan issued a warning to those threatening governor’s rule: “They should issue it today instead of tomorrow—and then see what happens to them."
Khan’s jailhouse message, accusing Pakistan’s Army Chief of mental instability, human rights violations, and national sabotage, marks a dramatic escalation in Pakistan’s civil-military tensions, and underscores the widening gulf between PTI’s incarcerated leadership and the country’s security establishment.
