Islamabad, Pakistan – As former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan marks three years in jail, his family, political party and a prominent international rights group have condemned his solitary detention and demanded a restoration of his constitutional rights. Amid heavy security on Wednesday, thousands of members and supporters of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party held demonstrations across the country to call for his immediate release. Advertisement“The frequent visuals of Khan’s family and party members attempting to visit him and being obstructed by state officials are indefensible.” “The main obstacle to Imran Khan’s release is his own political posture,” Zaigham Khan, an Islamabad-based political commentator, told Al Jazeera. He said the military wanted an apology from Khan over violence on May 9, 2023, during which PTI supporters attacked several military installations.