{"id":2771,"date":"2026-02-15T00:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T00:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=2771"},"modified":"2026-02-15T00:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T00:05:32","slug":"extremely-happy-to-hear-their-voices-aleema-says-imran-spoke-to-his-sons-for-approximately-20-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=2771","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Extremely happy to hear their voices\u2019: Aleema says Imran spoke to his sons for approximately 20 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2026\/02\/141815459d848a6.webp\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aleema Khan, the sister of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan, said on Saturday that the former premier spoke to his sons for approximately 20 minutes and was \u201cextremely happy to hear their voices\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes after the Supreme Court on Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1972699\">ordered <\/a>the formation of a medical team to examine Imran after a report submitted by his lawyer, Salman Safdar, revealed that the former prime minister had lost 85 per cent of the vision in his right eye. The court had also directed that he be allowed to speak to his children.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X on Saturday, Aleema said, \u201cThe chief justice of Pakistan had directed that Imran Khan be allowed to speak with his sons. We can confirm that he was able to speak with them for approximately 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis sons shared that he was extremely happy to hear their voices after such a long time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--left  media--embed  media--uneven media--tweet\" data-original-src=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Aleema_KhanPK\/status\/2022649535479062880\">\n<div class=\"media__item  media__item--twitter  \"><span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Aleema_KhanPK\/status\/2022649535479062880\"><\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe are now awaiting his urgent medical treatment at Shifa International Hospital Islamabad under the supervision of his personal doctors, where specialist doctors must make every possible effort to restore his eyesight,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe intentional delay in providing him timely treatment has already caused damage to his eyesight. We cannot and will not tolerate any further delay, and immediate specialist care is essential to prevent any permanent loss of vision,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth mentioning that Imran\u2019s sons, Kasim and Sulaiman, have repeatedly said over the past year that they have been unable to meet their father since his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, after the report regarding Imran\u2019s vision loss was submitted to the court, Kasim had termed the development \u201ca direct consequence of solitary confinement and medical neglect\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been informed that my father, Imran Khan, has lost most of the vision in his right eye, with reports indicating that only 15pc eyesight remains,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--left  media--embed  media--uneven media--tweet\" data-original-src=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Kasim_Khan_1999\/status\/2021924064390951096\">\n<div class=\"media__item  media__item--twitter  \"><span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kasim_Khan_1999\/status\/2021924064390951096\"><\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is the direct consequence of 922 days of solitary confinement, medical neg\u00adlect (denied blood tests), and the deliberate denial of proper treatment in jail,\u201d he stressed, maintaining that the \u201cresponsibility lies squarely with the regime in power, the army chief and the puppets enabling this cruelty\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Imran\u2019s \u201cphysical deterioration is happening under their orders, their watch and their responsibility\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have manipulated and warped the justice system in order to keep my father in solitary confinement,\u201d he added. He claimed that he and his brother Sulaiman were \u201cstill being denied a visa to see our father as his health deteriorates\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1973191\/extremely-happy-to-hear-their-voices-aleema-says-imran-spoke-to-his-sons-for-approximately-20-minutes\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aleema Khan, the sister of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan, said on Saturday that the former premier spoke to his sons for approximately 20 minutes and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertaonment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}