Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan's Conversation with Lawyers, Workers, and Media in Adiala Jail - June 5, 2025
“Human societies are built upon two fundamental pillars: justice and moral authority. In contrast, the law of the jungle is based solely on brute force, where the powerful operate above the law. When power supersedes justice in a human society, that society inevitably collapses.
I often quote Maulana Rumi who said: ‘When God has given you wings, why do you crawl on the ground like ants?’
Today in Pakistan, justice and democracy have been ruthlessly trampled and law of the jungle prevails. Independent judges have been sidelined, while obedient, state-appointed judges have been pushed forward. The weak and vulnerable now have no recourse, no avenue for redress.
It is not nuclear weapons that destroy nations; it is the collapse of moral values that leads to national destruction. What we are witnessing is a shameless and systematic assault on morality and democracy.
The inhumane treatment of my wife, inflicted in a bid to break me, is an unprecedented act of depravity in Pakistan’s history. Wives of Sheikh Mujib, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, or Nawaz Sharif were never subjected to political vengeance, but my wife, Bushra Bibi, has been held in complete isolation for 14 months under deplorable conditions—solely to punish me. She has been unjustly imprisoned under the baseless Al-Qadir case, in which she is falsely accused of abetment, a charge the prosecution never even argued in court.
After his removal from office, the so-called 'King of the Jungle' sent a message to Bushra Bibi through Zulfi Bukhari, saying: ‘Aapa (Sister), I would like to meet you.’ She flatly rejected the request, stating clearly that she had no involvement in politics or governance and therefore had no reason to meet. That dignified refusal is what triggered the vindictive wrath of Asim Munir, who is now enacting his personal vendetta through a Colonel illegally posted at Adiala Jail, someone who holds court orders in utter contempt. Asim Munir has made this personal now. On his explicit instructions, scheduled weekly meetings between me and my wife have been denied for the past four weeks. Even the most basic human rights afforded to prisoners have been suspended without cause.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf remains the only true federal political party of this country. We are the force that binds the nation. As the largest democratic force, we are committed to uniting the country under the supremacy of the Constitution, rule of law, judicial independence, freedom of expression, and the protection of fundamental human rights. This nation has paid a heavy price for labeling political opponents as ‘traitors.’ The branding of Sheikh Mujib and Akbar Bugti as traitors inflicted irreversible harm. Today, the same narrative is being irresponsibly used against political figures like Mahrang Baloch and others. These tactics must end. Accusations of treason serve only to fracture the nation.
Media has been silenced through the draconian PECA law, and through coercion and bribery in the form of advertisements. After the unlawful 26th constitutional amendment, the 27th amendment is now being introduced with the same aim: to suppress every voice that dares to speak out against ‘His Majesty, the King’. Those who submit will have their cases wiped clean. Those who resist will languish in prison. Independent journalists have been abducted, silenced, or exiled. Their families have been harassed to the point of despair. This is one of the darkest chapters in Pakistan’s journalistic history.
The morally bankrupt and shameless Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja has played the role of chief facilitator in establishing this monarchy.
Fugitives and convicted criminals like Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif, and Asif Zardari have had all corruption cases and fake accounts forgiven. Meanwhile, the only 'crime' of leaders like Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, and others is their refusal to abandon Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. If they were to issue a single statement distancing themselves from PTI today, they would immediately be released from unlawful detention.
This nation has never forgotten any injustice. The illegitimate verdict of Justice Munir remains etched in our collective memory, and the people of Pakistan will never forgive Justice Qazi Faez Isa for his betrayal of judicial principles while occupying the highest seat of justice. The nation is watching every judge closely, witnessing who stands on the right side of history in defense of the Constitution and who, like Munir and Isa, is complicit in trampling national rights to appease a dictator.
Similarly, the people are also observing the journalists, lawyers, and politicians of this era: those who stand for the Constitution, democracy, and civil rights, and those who are actively crushing them under the orders of the ‘King.’ The politicians who are like lambs, roped in by the will of the establishment will never be forgiven by the nation.”
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