Goldsmith speaks out about plight of ex-husband Khan
The Independent|October 17, 2024
Jemima Goldsmith has spoken out about the plight of her exhusband Imran Khan, criticising the “serious and concerning developments” regarding Pakistan’s treatment of the jailed former prime minister and calling for his immediate release.
ALISHA RAHAMAN SARKAR
Goldsmith speaks out about plight of ex-husband Khan

The film producer, who was married to Khan from 1995 to 2004 and has two sons with him who are both British citizens, raised concerns about Khan’s treatment in prison, accusing the Shehbaz Sharif government of cutting his access to lawyers and family visitations and even severing electricity to his cell.

Khan has been held at the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi in northern Pakistan since 2023, after a court handed him a three-year jail sentence in a corruption case. He faces some 150 charges in total, all of which his party says are politically motivated.

Ms Goldsmith raised her concerns in a series of tweets late on Tuesday, in which she expressed her hesitancy to speak out. “For the past few years, I’ve been bullied & harassed into silence by PML-N [Pakistan’s ruling party] goons, including rape threats & countless conspiracy theories,” she wrote.

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