Overview
- Javed Miandad broke down in a televised YouTube interview Friday and urged Pakistan’s authorities to free Imran Khan or resolve his detention through talks.
- Reports say Khan has been held for more than three years following convictions after his 2022 removal from office and was last held at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.
- Miandad described Khan as honest and patriotic and said his plea came from personal years of shared cricketing experience rather than political alignment.
- A separate letter from 21 former international cricket captains asked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to ensure Khan is treated with dignity and that court orders on his medical care are followed.
- Miandad’s intervention — notable because few prominent Pakistani ex-players had publicly defended Khan — may increase domestic scrutiny of prison medical treatment and boost calls for political dialogue, while there has been no reported government response so far.