PML-N opposes parole release for IK
Parliamentary leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N in the Senate, Senator Irfan Siddiqui, on Monday categorically denied any backchannel contacts, talks, or negotiations between government officials and the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan.
Speaking to a private news channel, he clarified, “If there have been any meetings with the PTI founder, they were either with his lawyers, party leaders, or family members such as his sisters.
No one from the government has made any contact.”
He reiterated, “Let me be absolutely clear, there have been no communication, no discussion, no offer, and no deal from the government side.
These kinds of rumours surface regularly, but they have no basis in fact.”
Dismissing ongoing speculation, senator said that such claims have been made dozens of times, and just as many times refuted.
“I don’t see any substance in them,” he said, reports APP.
Agencies add: Senator Irfan Siddiqui stated that the Pakistan Muslim League-N strongly opposed any proposal for the parole release of former prime minister Imran Khan.
Siddiqui stated that there was no justification for releasing the former prime minister on parole.
“Who else has ever been released on parole under such circumstances?
Why should Imran Khan be treated differently?” he asked.
Referring to past events, Siddiqui recalled, “When India attacked Balakot in 2019, Nawaz Sharif was in Kot Lakhpat Jail.
Did we demand his parole so he could participate in discussions?”
He further said, “PTI still has a chairman present, there is no need to release its founder.
