Islamabad:
PTI dismissed on Tuesday when baseless reports circulating in the media, that party’s founder Imran Khan had banned his two sons to travel to Pakistan or participate in any efforts for his release.
For the purposes of the reports in a post about ‘X’, PTI Central Information Secretary Waqas Akram said the news circulating in the media was “totally false”.
“Imran Khan Sahib has definitely not prevented his children from coming to Pakistan. I would request the media friends reporting from Adiala to issue only exactly what Khan SaHib says. It is inappropriate to take things out of context, selectively or to present conversations according to their own desires.”
He followed up with another post and claimed that there should be no doubt about the arrival of the sons of the ex-premiere, which he added, the date has not yet been determined.
“And everyone must remember that when they decided to come, they clearly told their father that we are not seeking your permission, but informing you. Then avoid these propagandas because they are not in use.”
The refusal came in the middle of media reports suggesting that the imprisoned former prime minister had told journalists that his sons – Sulaiman Khan, 28 and Kasim Khan, 26 – would neither visit Pakistan nor attend any demonstrations.
The two sons had broken their public silence over their father’s prison in May this year. Earlier this month, Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan had also said that the two would travel to the United States before arriving in Pakistan as part of a broader effort to seek their father’s release.
Defense Minister Khawaja Asif rejected the situation as “a drama among many dramas” in which he claimed that “the purpose was not meeting with father and child, but political gain. No step from the founder happens without political or financial gain”.
Prime Minister of Interior Minister Talal Chaudhry had previously noticed that the sons could come to Pakistan and would have no restrictions on doing so.
