- “They’re telling the international powers to affect Pakistan,” says Asif.
- Provides these international locations are additionally able to welcome Imran after launch.
- Asif dodged query about naming international locations approached by PTI.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is urging international powers to get occasion founder Imran Khan launched and be despatched overseas, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has claimed.
“They’re telling the international powers to affect Pakistan in the direction of releasing Imran Khan and ship him to so-and-so nation,” he mentioned.
Talking throughout an interview with a non-public information channel on Tuesday, the minister additionally claimed that these international locations overseas are additionally “prepared” to welcome the PTI founder — who stays incarcerated in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail since August 2023.
When requested if the international locations are from Europe or whether or not is america, Asif dodged a response mentioning that he’s “weak in geography”.
The PTI founder has been behind bars for greater than a yr after his conviction within the Toshakhana prison case and subsequent sentencing in different circumstances forward of the February 8 elections — allegations that he has continued to disclaim.
The minister’s remarks come over every week after as many as 20 British parliamentarians from cross-party have urged Member of Parliament and United Kingdom’s International Secretary David Lammy to name for the previous prime minister’s launch from Adiala, asking the federal government to interact with Islamabad on the matter.
The letter was written by Kim Johnson, MP for Liverpool Riverside, on the request of Khan’s adviser on Worldwide Affairs Zulfi Bukhari. It was signed by members of each the Commons and the Lords, from all events.
Alternatively, greater than 60 members of the US Home of Representatives additionally wrote a letter to President Joe Biden, calling on him to make use of Washington’s leverage with the Pakistani authorities for the discharge of the incarcerated founder.
Of their letter, the Democratic lawmakers urged President Biden to prioritise human rights in US coverage in the direction of Pakistan.
“We write in the present day to induce you to make use of america’ substantial leverage with Pakistan’s authorities to safe the discharge of political prisoners together with former Prime Minister Khan and curtail widespread human rights abuses,” the lawmakers mentioned.
The letter additionally made an attraction for US embassy officers to go to Imran, who’s presently behind bars at Adiala jail.