As part of a series highlighting the personalities of Hizb ut Tahrir who are being persecuted by the regime, we present the case of Dr. Iftikhar. Dr. Iftikhar is now 40 years old, married with three children and a medical doctor. He was arrested on 26 May 2015 outside Ghurki Hospital in Lahore where he was seeking treatment.

On Tuesday, 5th April 2016, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, addressed the nation to calm heightened anger over the Panama Papers' leak. He tried to prove that his family is not involved in any financial corruption.

We address you regarding the severe and prolonged persecution of the advocates for Khilafah "Caliphate" in Pakistan. Many have suffered severe torture, including sleep deprivation, merciless beatings, forced mind-altering medication and electric shocks at the hands of security agencies. Some have been imprisoned and some have been abducted, their whereabouts unknown until now.

On 9 February 2016, the advocate for the Khilafah "Caliphate" and highly respected lecturer, Kamran, was seized by the Raheel-Nawaz regime's thugs, on his way from his Lahore home to work, with his whereabouts unknown until now.