Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday mentioned that President-elect Donald Trump is unlikely to hunt Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s launch from jail.
Asif made these feedback following Republican candidate Trump’s win within the 2024 US presidential election after 4 years.
“We do not suppose Trump will name for PTI founder’s launch. Let’s watch for 15 to twenty days and see what stand he takes,” mentioned the defence minister whereas talking throughout Geo Information particular transmission on US election.
Following Trump’s victory, Khan congratulated the US president-elect, saying that he can be good for “Pak-US relations based mostly on mutual respect for democracy and human rights”.
The incarcerated prime minister mentioned that his celebration hopes Trump will push for peace, human rights and democracy globally.
In the meantime, Chief of the Opposition within the Nationwide Meeting and PTI lawmaker Omar Ayub Khan additionally prolonged congratulations to Trump and his VP-elect JD Vance on successful the polls.
The felicitations come at a time when the celebration’s founder stays imprisoned for over a 12 months following convictions in a number of circumstances.
Throughout his tenure as prime minister of Pakistan, Khan shared amicable ties with Trump administration — a purpose why the PTI celebrates the US president-elect’s return to energy as a possible benefit.
PTI by no means pinned hopes on Trump: Raoof Hasan
In the meantime, PTI chief Raoof Hasan mentioned that the celebration had by no means hoped that Khan could be launched after Trump’s victory.
“We had by no means pinned hopes and neither we’re counting on Trump’s win. We’ve got taken assist from the judiciary, parliament and protest for PTI founder’s launch,” he asserted.
Raoof mentioned that no such dialogue has both taken place inside the parliamentary celebration.
He added that the PTI has “regular interplay” with the institution, including that they haven’t any contact with the institution concerning any “particular problem or Khan’s launch”.