Islamabad – Jemima Khan, the ex-wife of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, publicly requested X owner Elon Musk to cease throttling her account to censor information on the imprisonment of her former spouse.
In a letter, Khan accuses X of admitting with her own artificial intelligence, Grok, that her results were catastrophically verified: a 97% decline in the reach of her posts on the conditions of Imran Khan in jail, solitary confinement, and the question of whether her sons can see their father.
“X was therefore our only independent platform to highlight this injustice,” Khan wrote, noting that Imran Khan’s name is reportedly banned from Pakistani TV and radio stations.
The Data Behind the Claim
Based on the statistics that Khan presented, which she attributes to the analytics of Grok, in 2023 and early 2024, her account, with 3.56 million followers, had an average of 400-900 million impressions per month, the typical range of reach.
Her overall impressions declined to only 28.6 million in the whole of 2025, a 97 percent crash.
She highlights that the suppression began immediately after a brief surge in May 2025, which followed the end of Pakistan’s domestic X ban, suggesting a targeted, continuous action by the algorithm to hide her posts.
She requested Musk to keep his word about safeguarding free speech and eliminate the so-called throttling on her behalf.
Official Context and Counter-Narrative
Despite the allegation of an unlawful power takeover, Imran Khan was ousted by a constitutional no-confidence vote in the Pakistan parliament, a procedure authorized by Article 95 of the Constitution.
Imran Khan’s current legal troubles and “confinement” stem from court convictions and ongoing proceedings under Pakistani law, including the high-profile Toshakhana case, the investigation into the £190 million NCA repatriation matter, and cases linked to the violent protests of May 9.
On the failure by his children to visit, Pakistani authorities have publicly said that access and visas can be granted. Their absence from Pakistan is therefore described as a personal family decision, not a state-imposed restriction.
Regarding the alleged “secret throttling,” claims of algorithmic suppression remain speculative. They note that public engagement trends can reflect political credibility and narrative fatigue rather than coordinated censorship.
