Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have the opportunity today to present petition e-7326 in the House of Commons. This petition has been signed by over 1,800 Canadians who are concerned about human rights abroad, particularly the case of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan. For more than three years, Imran Khan has been left to languish in prison in what the United Nations working committee on human rights has described as an arbitrary detention and a violation of the universal declaration of human rights.
Petitioners are asking for the Government of Canada to publicly call for the immediate release of Imran Khan, as well as all political prisoners in Pakistan. They also want Imran Khan to have access to medical treatment and his family, as well as Canada's high commissioner to Pakistan, in order to confirm his condition. I am pleased to have the opportunity to present this petition here today in the House of Commons.