Don’t want to make any deal for release: Imran

Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday said that neither he wants to make any deal with the establishment nor is any foreign country trying to get him released.

The 72-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician’s sister Aleema Khan shared this when she talked to the media outside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail after the hearing of Toshakhan 2.0 case. Aleema said that Khan asks “why he needs to make a deal when he is facing cases”. She added that Khan also said that “he has faced jail and is not making any deals when his cases are ending”.

The statement comes when a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) team is holding talks with the government to address various political issues.

Aleema said that the negotiating team would make two demands, including the release of all political prisoners and formation of a commission to probe the violence on May 9, 2023 and November 26 this year. The next round of talks between the two sides is scheduled to take place on January 2 at 11 am at the office of National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq who is facilitating the two sides.

In a related development, US President-elect Donald Trump’s designated advisor Richard Grenell last week reiterated his demand for the release of Khan.