These revelations came to light when Sethi, for the first time, was allowed to meet his wife and children along with their lawyer on Monday as per the directives of the Supreme Court.

Khalid Ranjha, counsel for Sethi's wife Jugnu Mohsin, who was also present during the meeting, said that Sethi was brought to Combined Military Hospital by the ISI authorities to meet his family members Monday evening.

Sethi told his family members that he had not been tortured by the ISI but had been kept in a solitary confinement and, ``has not seen the daylight since his arrest owing to which he has lost his sense of timing,'' Ranjha said.

Sethi further said that he was also unaware of ``what is happening around'' and was quiet surprised that, ``the whole world is disturbed over his confinement''.

However, Ranjha said Sethi wastortured and maltreated by the personnel of Intelligence Bureau and Punjab police officials who had raided his house and arrested him on May 8 as he reportedly told his family members, ``My attire was torn, I was dragged and suffocated''.

Sethi was arrested in the early hours of May 8 from his Lahore residence on charges of having suspected links with Indian Intelligence Agency RAW following his hard-hitting address in New Delhi on April 30 in which he severely criticised the Nawaz Sharif government.

Sethi was later handed over to the ISI for investigations as Jugnu Mohsin moved a habeas corpus petition before Lahore High Court for his production before the court but the court ruled that it had no jurisdiction since Sethi had been booked under Army Act.

Mohsin later challenged this order before the Supreme Court which on Monday ordered that the family members and a lawyer should be allowed to meet Sethi and adjourned the hearing for May 20.

Concerns were raised across the world over Sethi arrest anddetention and the US State Department urged the Pakistan government to immediately release him.

Sethi's wife had earlier alleged that Sethi is being punished for giving an interview to a BBC team which was making a film on the alleged corruption of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

A couple of other journalists had also been arrested and harassed for their links with the BBC team earlier and one noted columnist, Hussain Haqqani is also still in detention facing tax evasion charges.