US President-elect Donald Trump’s envoy for special missions Richard Grenell on Wednesday demanded the release of former Pakistani Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, who has been detained on corruption charges. Has gone. Pakistan.
In an interview with American news outlet Newsmax, Grenell discussed relations between the US and Pakistan during Trump’s first term as president, and said that relations with Pakistan improved when Khan came to power.
According to Grenell, the former Pakistani prime minister was seen as an outsider rather than a traditional politician, emphasizing his relationship with Donald Trump.
He pointed out that Khan is facing the same charges that led to former President Trump’s imprisonment and called for his release, aligning his position with that of President Trump.
“We had much better relations with Pakistan during the Trump administration, when a man named Imran Khan was the leader of Pakistan. That was because Imran Khan was an outsider. He was a former cricket player and was actually the captain of the Pakistani national cricket team. Was the captain of. He was not a politician and he spoke in very common-sense language, Grenell said. He and Donald Trump had a very good relationship.
“I want Imran Khan to be released from jail. He is currently in jail, facing many of the same charges as President Trump, where the ruling party put him in jail and some kind of corruption and false charges. And he’s in jail now,” he said.
Earlier on Tuesday, Grenell had called for the release of the PTI founder in response to US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller’s post in X.
He further criticized the State Department spokesperson, saying that US concern over the “delayed sentencing of Pakistani civilians in military tribunals” was “very little and very weak”.
“You’re late. And it’s too little and too weak. Generally speaking. Free Imran Khan,” Grenell said on Twitter in response to Miller’s post on Twitter, where he said, “The United States The United States is concerned by the sentencing of Pakistani civilians by a military tribunal and calls on Pakistani authorities to respect the right to a fair trial and due process.”
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