Rawalpindi/Lahore:
The family of PTI founder Imran Khan, including his sons Suleman Khan and Kasim Khan, will be part of the protest movement called by him, his sister Aleema Khan said Tuesday.
Aleema spoke to the media after her two sisters Uzma and Noreen Khan and party attorneys met the PTI founder in Adiala Prison. However, Aleema was denied permission for the meeting. She told the journalists that Imran Khan himself would lead the protest movement from inside the prison.
“Imran Khan has said he will lead the protest movement. He is free while in prison, but we are prisoners despite being outside,” she said. “Our family will be fully involved in the protest movement. Suleman and Kasim have said that after [visiting] America, they will join the movement, ”she added.
“Imran Khan has said that those who could not bear the weight of the movement should leave now,” she continued, adding that Imran wanted the movement to peak on August 5 when he would complete two years of imprisonment.
Letter from jail
Senior imprisoned leaders of PTI have written another joint letter that blasted the government to “destroy” central democratic institutions, including the media, judiciary and parliament.
The letter accuses the current rulers of betraying the very spirit of the Charter of Democracy, an agreement once signed by the leaders of the two major political parties, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto.
The letter by leaders currently imprisoned in Kot Lakhpat Prison was jointly written by former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed, Ejaz Ahmad Chaudhry and Omar Sarfraz Cheema.
“The Charter of Democracy was intended to secure constitutional supremacy and court addiction,” wrote the PTI leaders, “but it has been sabotaged by the parties themselves that initiated it, all for personal political gains.”
The letter claims that the road to pull Pakistan out of his compound crises lies in restoring the rule of law and maintaining supremacy of the constitution.
They also claimed that the government has severely undermined democratic principles through legislative overreaction and election manipulation. “The media has been strangled through the PECA Regulation, the judiciary, which is targeted through the 26th constitutional change, and parliament made meaningless via Form 47,” the letter said, adding that the population of Pakistan deserves full respect for their democratic rights.
The latest letter marks the other such communication on one week from the imprisoned senior leaders of PTI, who had previously called on the party to participate in dialogue with the PML-N-led government.
