Imran Khan, the jailed former prime minister of Pakistan, has levelled serious allegations against Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir, accusing him of orchestrating the imprisonment and mistreatment of Khan&rsquo;s wife, Bushra Bibi, out of personal revenge.&nbsp;
The claims were made in a detailed statement posted on X on Monday.
Khan stated that the Army chief turned hostile after being dismissed from his position as Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) during Khan&rsquo;s term in office. &ldquo;As Prime Minister, when I removed General Asim Munir from the post of DG ISI, he sought to approach my wife Bushra Bibi through intermediaries to discuss the matter,&rdquo; he wrote.&nbsp;
According to Khan, Bushra Bibi rejected the overture outright. &ldquo;Bushra Bibi categorically declined, saying that she had no involvement with such affairs and would not meet him.&rdquo;
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder claimed this incident sparked a campaign of retaliation. &ldquo;It is General Asim Munir&rsquo;s vindictive nature that is behind Bushra Bibi&rsquo;s unjust 14-month incarceration and deplorable inhumane treatment in prison,&rdquo; Khan said.
&ldquo;The way my wife has been targeted for personal vengeance is unprecedented. Even during Pakistan&rsquo;s darkest periods of dictatorship such a thing never happened.&rdquo;
He further said his wife, who he described as a private individual and homemaker with no role in politics, had been repeatedly charged without evidence. &ldquo;She was accused of aiding and abetting, an allegation for which no proof has ever been presented, and she is arrested in one false case after another. I have not even been allowed to meet her in the past four weeks,&rdquo; he said.
Highlighting the lack of access to his wife in jail, Khan stated that a scheduled meeting on June 1 was obstructed. &ldquo;According to jail regulations, I was scheduled to meet her on June 1 but even that meeting was denied, in complete violation of court orders.&rdquo;
Referring to the violence on May 9, 2023, in which military properties were attacked during PTI-led protests, Khan attributed the unrest to what he called a pre-planned conspiracy.&nbsp;
&ldquo;The events of May 9, 2023, in which military installations were targeted, were in fact a part of the &lsquo;London Plan&rsquo;&mdash;the sole purpose of which was to eliminate Pakistan&rsquo;s largest political force, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.&rdquo;
Khan asserted that the plan led to the arrest of PTI leaders and workers under false pretences. &ldquo;Under this premeditated plan, I and several of my party leaders and workers were unlawfully imprisoned. Our democratic mandate was brazenly stolen, and corrupt individuals &mdash; Sharifs and Zardaris &mdash; were imposed upon the nation. We were subjected to relentless fascist oppression, our supporters were shot at, and baseless cases have been fabricated against us.&rdquo;
He also criticised the judiciary and anti-terrorism courts, accusing them of failing to ensure justice. &ldquo;Despite repeated demands, they refuse to summon or examine the stolen CCTV footage from May 9, 2023. Not a single judge has the courage to demand those tapes and deliver a verdict based on evidence. We are innocent. Our people are being sentenced without evidence and without the right to a fair trial. We will petition all courts to demand the release and review of that CCTV footage,&rdquo; he said.
Khan called for an independent investigation into what he described as state-led violence against peaceful demonstrators. &ldquo;We demand the formation of a judicial commission to conduct a transparent investigation into the massacres (of unarmed pro-democracy protesters) of May 9 and November 26, 2024 in Islamabad.&rdquo;
Turning his criticism towards Pakistan&rsquo;s judicial leadership, Khan drew a historical comparison. &ldquo;The judiciary in Pakistan has never been more disgraceful than it is today. In the past, there was Justice Munir, whose unjust decisions earned him global notoriety. Today, Justice Qazi Faez Isa is following in the same footsteps. The entire judicial system seems complicit, driven not by justice but by a desire to protect their own jobs and privileges.&rdquo;
These remarks come days after a court sentenced 11 PTI supporters, including a sitting lawmaker, for their involvement in the violent demonstrations on May 9, 2023. The individuals were found guilty of damaging public property and attacking military installations during protests following Khan&rsquo;s arrest.
Imran Khan, 72, has been held in Rawalpindi&rsquo;s Adiala Jail since mid-2023, facing multiple charges stemming from various legal cases.
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(With inputs from agencies)
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Imran Khan alleges Army Chief Asim Munir targeted his wife Bushra Bibi in retaliation for his removal as ISI head.

Khan Alleges Army Chief Behind Wife’s Jail Term

Imran Khan alleges Army Chief Asim Munir targeted his wife Bushra Bibi in retaliation for his removal as ISI head.

June 4, 2025 | 16:44 IST