Nadeem Akram

Day 48. 24 hours ago, my family raised the alarm. My mother, @DrUzma_KhanPK, has a replaced heart valve, her blood pressure is rising in Kot Lakhpat Jail, and she is not receiving treatment. Since then, there has been no word from the jail, no word from the authorities, and no cardiologist. My mother and my aunts, @Aleema_KhanPK and @Noreen_KhanPK, all around 70, have been held for 48 days under a detention law, without charge. Their brother, @ImranKhanPTI, is in solitary confinement with his blood pressure at 192. The state holds them. The state is responsible for their health. Let her see her cardiologist. Charge them or release them. #FreeImranAndFamily

They jailed a playwright for defending people who had been jailed unjustly. Václav Havel helped found a small group of Czechoslovak citizens who did one thing: document political trials. In 1979, the communist regime arrested him for it and sentenced him to four and a half years for subversion. He was sent to a labour camp, fell ill and was moved to a prison hospital, and his requests for release were refused. He refused to ask the regime for a pardon. When he developed pneumonia in 1983, the regime finally suspended his sentence on health grounds. He walked out under police surveillance and went straight back to work. They arrested him again and jailed him again. He kept going. In 1989, the country rose. Havel helped lead the movement that negotiated the communists out of power, and the man they had jailed as a subversive was elected president. Even Czechoslovakia's communist regime released a prisoner whose health had broken down. My mother, @DrUzma_KhanPK, has a replaced heart valve and rising blood pressure in Kot Lakhpat Jail, and she has not been allowed to see her cardiologist. Her brother, @ImranKhanPTI, is in solitary confinement, and his blood pressure has reached 192. He needs to see his doctor immediately. Prison, illness and surveillance did not stop Havel. They will not stop this movement either. #FreeImranAndFamily

دن 48۔ 24 گھنٹے پہلے میرے خاندان نے خبردار کیا تھا۔ میری والدہ @DrUzma_KhanPK کے دل کا والو تبدیل ہو چکا ہے، کوٹ لکھپت جیل میں ان کا بلڈ پریشر بڑھ رہا ہے، اور انہیں کوئی علاج نہیں دیا جا رہا۔ تب سے اب تک نہ جیل کی طرف سے کوئی اطلاع، نہ حکام کی طرف سے کوئی جواب، اور نہ ہی کوئی ماہرِ امراضِ قلب۔ میری والدہ اور میری خالائیں @Aleema_KhanPK اور @Noreen_KhanPK، جن کی عمریں تقریباً 70 سال ہیں، 48 دن سے ایک نظربندی قانون کے تحت بغیر کسی الزام کے قید ہیں۔ ان کے بھائی @ImranKhanPTI قیدِ تنہائی میں ہیں اور ان کا بلڈ پریشر 192 تک پہنچ چکا ہے۔ ریاست نے انہیں قید کر رکھا ہے۔ ان کی صحت کی ذمہ دار بھی ریاست ہے۔ انہیں ان کے ماہرِ امراضِ قلب سے ملنے دیں۔ ان پر الزام لگائیں یا انہیں رہا کریں۔ #FreeImranAndFamily