Pakistan’s Ruling PML-N Warns Imran Khan’s Sons Against Joining PTI’s August Protest

<p data-pm-slice="0 0 []">Ahead of the nationwide protest by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on August 5, Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan's sons, Sulaiman and Qasim, will lead a rally demanding their father's release. The brothers are planning to come to Pakistan after lobbying efforts in the United States.</p> <p>On August 5, the protest against the government will be to note the day the PTI leader Imran Khan was arrested in 2023. Imran Khan is serving a sentence at the Adiala Jail regarding a 190 million pound corruption case and also faces trials under the Anti-Terrorism Act associated with the May 9, 2023 protests. The recent campaign is being laid out as an effort to reignite public and international pressure.</p> <p>According to news agency PTI, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders on Friday warned that Imran Khan's sons would be dealt with strictly if they visited Pakistan to join any "violent protest" organised by the jailed former premier's party.</p> <p>As the Shehbaz Sharif government geared up to foil the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party's "Imran Khan Free Movement" protest plan, the 72-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician's ex-wife, Jemima Goldsmith, said threats to her sons by the ruling party members &ldquo;is not politics but a personal vendetta." Khan's sister Aleema Khan recently said his brother's sons&mdash;Suleman and Kasim&mdash;would come to Pakistan as part of the PTI protest movement going to be kicked off on August 5.A cabinet member of the Maryam Nawaz-led Punjab government made it clear on Friday that Khan's sons would be dealt with strictly if they visit Pakistan to join any &ldquo;violent protest&rdquo; here.</p> <p>Punjab Information Minister and PML-N leader Azma Bokhari said that PTI patron-in-chief <a title="Imran Khan" href="https://ift.tt/CDstoSq" data-type="interlinkingkeywords">Imran Khan</a>&rsquo;s sons would not be allowed to create unrest in the country.</p> <p>"Why did not Khan&rsquo;s sons visit Pakistan when he was injured? Now suddenly, they are missing Pakistan,&rdquo; she questioned. &ldquo;Jemima has reportedly barred her sons from visiting Pakistan. However, a daughter has every right to meet her father. The instigators will not be allowed to use children to spread unrest,&rdquo; she warned.</p> <p>(With inputs from PTI.)</p>

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