Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has voiced serious concern over a report by United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, alleging that party founder and former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is being subjected to degrading and inhuman treatment during his incarceration at Adiala Jail, Dawn reported.

According to a statement issued by the party’s Central Media Department on Saturday, the UN report had validated the party’s longstanding stance that Imran Khan was being treated in an “inhuman, unlawful and degrading manner” driven by political victimisation, as reported by Dawn.

The report, released on Friday, warned that the conditions of his detention could amount to inhuman or degrading treatment and urged Pakistani authorities to adhere to international standard

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