August 5th marked another grim day for Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan and one of the world’s greatest cricketers. It was the second anniversary of his incarceration in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail on trumped-up charges. Thanks to General Asim Munir, the Army’s Chief of Staff, Khan has been held in solitary confinement in a six-by-eight “death cell” for two years. Anyone less that “Captain Pakistan,” as Khan is known, would have met the Grim Reaper long ago.
The last time I spoke to Khan was on April 2, 2023. We spoke for an hour-and-a-half via Zoom. I was at my residence in Baltimore, and Khan was in Lahore. We had an intense discussion that went on until past midnight in Lahore. What did we talk about?
