‘Imran Khan Is Not Dead’: Pakistan Army Rejects Journalist’s Claim Of Former PM’s Death

Published 12 August 2026 · tech

News world ‘Imran Khan Is Not Dead’: Pakistan Army Rejects Journalist’s Claim Of PM’s Death ‘Imran Khan Is Not Dead’: Pakistan Army Rejects Journalist’s Claim

News world ‘Imran Khan Is Not Dead’: Pakistan Army Rejects Journalist’s Claim Of PM’s Death ‘Imran Khan Is Not Dead’: Pakistan Army Rejects Journalist’s Claim Of PM’s Death Published By, Last Updated: August 12, 2026, 19:24 IST The Pakistani journalist later issued a lengthy clarification, saying his sources had never actually confirmed Imran Khan’s death. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (PTI File) Pakistan’s military has rejected reports that former prime minister Imran Khan has died in custody, after journalist Wajahat Saeed Khan initially claimed that the jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader was dead before later clarifying that his sources had not confirmed the report. Wajahat Saeed Khan had shared a two-part series titled ‘Is Khan still with us’ and ‘What happens after Khan’ on August 11. He initially claimed that an unnamed source at the General Headquarters (GHQ) of the Pakistan Army had told him that Khan had died in custody. Journalist Walks Back Death Claim The journalist later issued a lengthy clarification, saying his sources had never actually confirmed Imran Khan’s death. In a subsequent video, he said three senior Pakistan Army officers had expressed serious concern about Khan’s fate but had not provided evidence that he was dead. “Let’s be very clear. They did not confirm that Imran Khan is dead," he said. According to Khan, the officers had described a “profound paralysing fear that the worst may have happened or is likely to happen".

He said his reporting was intended to push authorities to provide evidence that Khan was alive rather than make a definitive declaration about his death. “What did we achieve today?" he asked. “I have stirred the authorities to provide proof of life." Secrecy Around Imprisonment Wajahat Saeed Khan said his reporting was based on conversations with senior officials in the Army’s General Staff, Military Intelligence and C4I directorates, as well as a junior commissioned officer. He said the officers were based at the Army headquarters in Rawalpindi. According to his account, the information pointed towards an extraordinary level of secrecy surrounding Khan’s imprisonment and concern among some military personnel about what might have happened to him. He alleged that the military was “uncharacteristically, terrifyingly and chillingly silent and tight-lipped" and claimed that a small group of intelligence operatives reporting directly to the army chief was handling the operation. Security Operation At Adiala Jail The journalist also described what he said was an increasingly militarised security operation at Adiala jail, where Khan is imprisoned. He alleged that a military intelligence unit had taken a significant role in the prison’s operations and that sophisticated surveillance equipment had been deployed around the facility. He also claimed that authorities were preparing for the possibility of Khan’s supporters storming the prison. However, Saeed Khan repeatedly stressed that the information provided by his sources was not authenticated evidence of Khan’s death.