Imran Khan Blames Pakistan Security Forces For Breaking Into His House, Vandalising And Picking Up His Sisters

Khan tweeted saying, "Whenever our Holy Prophet (PBUH) would go for battle, there were strict instructions that women, children and elders were not to be harmed. Today, our own security forces are raiding our houses in the middle of the night, breaking doors, vandalising the house and robbing it. Women are abused, harassed and threatened and if the person is not there then their boys, fathers and even servants are picked up and jailed."

He further added how members of his family were picked up without mercy, he said, "My sisters driver and cook Rahim were picked up when the police couldn’t find her son. Both were jailed where they were packed like sardines. Rahim suffered breathing problems and since his release he has been on the ventilator fighting for his life. Clearly those who are responsible for this reign of terror feel they are above law."

Imran Khan concluded his statement as he compared this treatment by the security forces to that of Indian government?in Kashmir, he said, "We used to hear about such grave violations of human rights in Indian occupied Kashmir but never imagined this would be happening here. While this policy might have temporarily spread fear amongst the people, it’s only a matter of time before this seething hatred comes out in the open."

This statement by Khan came after?Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari claimed?that Imran Khan was upset because Pakistan Army was no longer supporting him. He told the media, "Khan's problem with the Pakistan Army began in April of last year when it declared that it would not get involved in politics and would not take sides… More than half of our history has been covered by military rule. My party, the Pakistan Peoples Party, has challenged each and every single dictatorship in Pakistan's history.”

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief had earlier claimed that the army and the country's intelligence agency were trying to destroy his party. He even spoke about being tried in military court and sent to jail. He told the media, "It is completely the establishment. Establishment obviously means the military establishment, because they are really now openly - I mean, it's not even hidden now - they're just out in the open.”

Bhutto also claimed that several Pakistanis no longer support him after he urged his supporters to attack Army installations. He said, "The Corp Commander House in Lahore, the GHQ [General Headquarters] in Rawalpindi and many military installations [were targeted]. Such an attack has never been carried out by any political party in the history of Pakistan and now those who were involved in these attacks on our military installations must face the consequences of the law of the land.”

Khan's arrest earlier this year resulted in violence after his supporters protested for putting him behind bars.