By qualifying the Prime Minister imprisoned, Imran Khan a victim of “judicial violence”, two members of the US Congress – Joe Wilson and August Pfluger – urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to engage with Pakistan to release the founder of the PTI, he emerged on Thursday.
The 71 -year -old cricket player who has become a politician has been behind bars since August 2023 after being reserved in multiple cases ranging from corruption to terrorism since his evidence of power via the motion without confidence in the opposition in April 2022.
It was not the first time that Wilson pleaded for the release of Khan. In the recent past, he has produced several messages on his X account calling for the release of Khan. Earlier this month, the member of the Republican Congress Wilson asked President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Chief of Staff of the Army Gen Asim Munnir to release Khan.
In their last letter to the Secretary of State, the duo said: “You remember that Imran Khan was Prime Minister during your first mandate, and you both shared a solid relationship. He is widely loved in Pakistan, and his release would inaugurate a new era of American-Pakistani relations with the values of freedom at the base. »»
“Former Prime Minister Khan was the victim of massive judicial mistreatment, much like President Trump.”
They urged the first American diplomat to work with Pakistan to “restore democracy and respect for the fundamental guarantees of the regular procedure, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and freedom of expression” for the people of Pakistan.
They said that the imprisoned Prime Minister deserved to be treated like any other politician.
In another letter addressed to civil and military leaders in Pakistan earlier this month, Wilson said that Khan’s release “would be a major step towards strengthening American-Pakistani relations”.
Wilson, which represents the 2nd district of the South Carolina Congress and serves as an assistant majority whip, made the public call on February 7, displaying the letter on X.
Stressing his thrust for the release of the former Prime Minister, he added: “I will also engage the Trump administration on this issue. American-Pakistani relations are the strongest when Pakistan is democratic. Free Imran Khan”.
In addition to this, a group of more than a dozen British parliamentarians last month called for immediate release and an equitable trial of Khan, as well as all political prisoners faced with several charges, including the violence of May 9 and November 26 during an event at the House of Portuculis.
The event was organized by newly trained friends from democratic Pakistan-UK (FODP), created by Safena Faisal, who said she had taken the initiative to highlight the issues, including the “murder of peaceful demonstrators, forced clandestine and the arbitrary arrests of political demand, women.
The deputies who attended the event included Andrew Pakes (Labor), Naz Shah (Labor), Jeremy Corbyn (Independent), Paul Waugh (Labor), James Asseser (Labor), Kate Deardon (Labor), Jas Athwal (Labor), Gurinder Josan (Labour), Margaret Mullaine Ayoub Khan (independent) and Iqbal Mohamed (independent).