Ex-senator Mushtaq alleges mistreatment after released by Israel
Ishaq Dar says former senator is safe at Pakistani embassy in Amman
Former Jamaat-e-Islami senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan was released by the Israeli forces on Tuesday and has reached the Pakistani embassy in Jordanian capital Amman, announced Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
In a post uploaded on X timeline, Ishaq Dar said “I am pleased to confirm that former Senator Mushtaq has been released and is now safely with Pakistan Embassy in Amman. He is in good health and high spirits.”
Dar further wrote: “The Embassy stands ready to facilitate his return to Pakistan, in accordance with his wishes and convenience.”
The foreign minister said “I am pleased to extend our gratitude to all our friendly countries who actively engaged and assisted in this behalf to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan.”
I am pleased to confirm that former Senator Mushtaq has been released and is now safely with Pakistan Embassy in Amman. He is in good health and high spirits. The Embassy stands ready to facilitate his return to Pakistan, in accordance with his wishes and convenience.
— Ishaq Dar (@MIshaqDar50) October 7, 2025
Am pleased… pic.twitter.com/IbZQKvzWyb
Mushtaq Ahmad Khan also posted a video on his X account in which he stated that the fight against the Israeli blockade was not over.
“I have reached Jordan along with 150 of my companions,” he said, adding that he had finally been released from Israeli detention. “During this time, our hands were cuffed behind our backs, our feet were shackled and chained, we were blindfolded, dogs were set upon us, guns were pointed at us, and we were tortured in the worst way,” he said.
He said that the activists went on a hunger strike for three days, adding that they were denied access to air, drinking water, medication, and were not allowed to lie down.
“We have been freed,” he said. “And the fight for Palestinian freedom will continue. We will break this blockade. We will go again and again. We will make efforts to save Gaza, and those who are complicit in this genocide — those criminals will be punished,” he asserted.
He emphasised that the fight would continue “from Adiala jail to Israeli jails”, promising that he would return to Pakistan soon and provide a detailed account of his time on the flotilla as well as in Israeli detention.
مشتاق احمد خان صاحب اسرائیلی جیل سے رہا ہو کر اردن پہنچ گئے۔
— Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan | سینیٹر مشتاق احمد خان (@SenatorMushtaq) October 7, 2025
ان کا پیغام ہے کہ اڈیالہ سے لے کر اسرائیلی جیل تک مزاحمت جاری رہے گی
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Mushtaq Ahmad Khan led the Pakistani delegation on the 45-vessel Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), which left Spain last month to break Israel’s blockade of aid to Gaza with activists and politicians, including Greta Thunberg, on board. However, as it approached Gaza, Israeli forces intercepted it, detaining the activists on board before deporting them.
Reporter Anwer Abbas