Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, are being kept in increasingly harsh and degrading prison conditions, his party has alleged while urging Western countries to speak out against what it has called systematic political persecution and human rights violations.
Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari, a close aide to Mr Khan, 72, said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief and his wife had been subjected to “psychological” torment in prison. Ms Bibi was “gravely ill”, he said, and “fainted in prison” due to the heat nearly two weeks ago.
