LAHORE: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan is being kept in solitary confinement at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, his party claimed on Thursday and said they feared for his life as he is being subjected to “extremely harsh conditions”.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and a close aide of the 71-year-old former premier, Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari, claimed that Khan is being subjected to harsh treatment in jail which even a common prisoner should not be subjected to.

“To counter Khan’s resilience, the authorities are displaying new lows. The sewer lid in his cell is deliberately left open to keep the cell filled with a foul odour. Water supply to his cell has been cut off and now he is given only one bucket of water per day,” he said.

Press Trust of India