- Asif says let’s wait what stance Trump takes on Khan’s launch.
- Rauf Hassan says PTI by no means pinned hopes on Trump successful.
- Imran Khan and PTI leaders congratulate Trump on his victory.
Protection Minister Khawaja Asif stated on Wednesday that the federal government believes that Donald Trump, who gained the US presidential election, won’t name for the discharge of Imran Khan, founding father of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), from jail after assuming workplace.
Asif’s statements got here hours after Republican Trump gained the race to the White Home after defeating Democrat Kamala Harris, 4 years after he was eradicated from the vote.
“We do not assume Trump will name for the discharge of the founding father of the PTI motion. Let’s wait 15 to twenty days and see what place he takes,” the Protection Minister stated whereas talking throughout the convention. Geographic Information Particular broadcast concerning the US elections.
After Trump’s victory, Khan congratulated the US president-elect, saying it could be helpful for “Pakistan-US relations primarily based on mutual respect for democracy and human rights.”
The jailed prime minister stated his occasion hopes Trump will push for peace, human rights and democracy globally.
In the meantime, Chief of the Opposition within the Nationwide Meeting and PTI MP, Omar Ayub Khan, additionally prolonged his congratulations to Trump and his deputy-elect JD Vance on their election victory.
This congratulations comes at a time when the occasion’s founder stays imprisoned for greater than a yr after being convicted in a number of circumstances.
Throughout his tenure as Pakistan’s prime minister, Khan established cordial relations with the Trump administration – which is why the PTI motion is celebrating the US president-elect’s return to energy as a possible asset.
PTI by no means pinned hopes on Trump: Rauf Hassan
In the meantime, PTI chief Rauf Hassan stated the occasion had by no means hoped for Khan to be launched after Trump’s victory.
“We by no means pinned hopes and didn’t depend on Trump’s victory. We acquired help from the judiciary and parliament and protested the discharge of the founding father of the PTI motion,” he pressured.
Raouf stated that no such dialogue had taken place throughout the parliamentary occasion.
PTI has a “regular interplay” with the muse, he added, including that they haven’t had any communication with the muse concerning any “particular difficulty or launch of Khan.”
