We do not have many options left for the release of the founder, Imran Khan’s sons’ first interview
We will appeal to every government that supports freedom of expression and true democracy to release our father, Suleman Khan and Qasim Khan to talk to a well-known social media influencer
Staff Reporter Daily Dawn + Dawn TV Report
London: Suleman Khan and Qasim Khan, the sons of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan, have drawn the world’s attention to their father’s imprisonment through an interview in which they claimed that we do not have many options left for the release of the founder.
It should be noted that Imran Khan has been imprisoned in Adiala Jail since August 2023 and is currently serving a sentence in a 190 million pound corruption case while also facing pending cases under the Anti-Terrorism Act related to the May 9, 2023 protests.
The former prime minister’s two sons have spoken publicly about their father’s imprisonment for the first time. In November 2023, the court allowed them to contact their father every week, but they claim that this contact has not always been possible.
In an interview with social media influencer Mario Nofal, they were asked why they decided to speak out about their father’s imprisonment now.
Qasim Khan said that we took legal measures and tried every way that we felt could get Imran Khan out of prison, but we never imagined that he would stay in prison for so long. Now that the situation is getting worse and worse, we don’t have many options left, so we have decided that coming out publicly is the only way.
He added “we want international pressure on Pakistan to release Imran Khan because he is living in inhumane conditions and is being deprived of basic human rights.”
On not getting any significant success through legal channels so far, Suleman Khan said that we have tried all other options and legal channels, while it seems that there is complete silence in the international media.
It should be noted that PTI has repeatedly complained about the facilities provided to Imran Khan in prison and has also filed several petitions in the Islamabad High Court on this issue, however, the prison administration has been rejecting these claims of the party leaders.
When asked about the demand for Imran Khan’s release by US official Richard Grenell, Suleman Khan said that he has not spoken to him yet, but he thanks him for his ‘support so far’.
Regarding the message to the Trump administration, Suleman Khan said that we will appeal to every government that supports freedom of expression and true democracy regarding the release of our father.
They said that they want the international community to see what is happening to them, and they expressed hope that he will take some action and who better than Trump to focus on this issue?
They added that we would like to talk to Donald Trump or find a way through which he can help in some way because, in the end, our only goal is to free our father from prison, bring democracy to Pakistan and ensure his basic human rights.
In response to a question, both the brothers said that they can talk to Imran Khan only once in 2 to 3 months.
They added that ‘we have no intention of participating in politics and before speaking in this interview, we had taken permission from Imran Khan’.
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