Islamabad: Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry has stated that there will be no hindrance in issuing visas or National Identity Cards for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) to the sons of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan if they require them. Speaking on Geo News’ program ‘Naya Pakistan,’ the PML-N Senator said that if the PTI founder’s sons have applied for a Pakistani visa, it will be granted without any obstruction.
Guarantee to Resolve Issues: Chaudhry assured that if the tracking number of their visa application is shared with him, he will personally ensure the issue is resolved. He reiterated that the government’s stance from the beginning has been to hold dialogue on national issues.
Family Statements and Context: This statement follows a claim by the former prime minister’s sister, Aleema Khan, that Kasim and Sulaiman had applied for NICOPs. She mentioned that their previous NICOPs had been lost. Sulaiman and Kasim, aged 28 and 26 respectively, reportedly plan to visit Pakistan to meet their father. Imran Khan has been imprisoned since August 2023, facing multiple charges ranging from corruption to terrorism.
Imran Khan’s Jail Conditions: Kasim publicly expressed concern over his father’s imprisonment for the first time in May. In a June post on X, he wrote that his father had spent over 700 days in solitary confinement and was being denied access to lawyers, family, and his personal doctor. He called it a “deliberate attempt to isolate and break a man who stands for rule of law, democracy, and Pakistan.”
