{"id":492179,"date":"2025-07-24T08:53:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T03:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=492179"},"modified":"2025-07-24T08:53:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T03:53:44","slug":"imran-khans-sons-meet-trump-aide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imran-khans-sons-meet-trump-aide\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran Khan\u2019s sons meet Trump aide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ahead of PTI protest<br \/>\n California<br \/>\nIncarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan\u2019s sons, Sulaiman Khan and Kasim Khan, met United States President Donald Trump\u2019s aide Richard Grenell on Wednesday ahead of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf\u2019s (PTI) protest for the party founder\u2019s release from prison.<br \/>\nThe 71-year-old cricketer-turned-politician has been behind bars since August 2023 after he was booked in multiple cases ranging from corruption to terrorism since his ouster from power via the opposition\u2019s no-trust motion in April 2022.<br \/>\nKasim called attention to their father\u2019s imprisonment for the first time publicly in May. Taking to X in June, he expressed concern over Imran\u2019s condition in the jail.<br \/>\nHe wrote, \u201cMy father, former prime minister Imran Khan, has now spent over 700 days in prison \u2014 held in solitary confinement. He is denied access to his lawyers, not allowed visits from his family, fully cut off from us (his children), and even his personal doctor is refused entry. This is not justice. It is a deliberate attempt to isolate and break a man who stands for rule of law, democracy and Pakistan.\u201d<br \/>\nFollowing Tuesday\u2019s meeting, Grenell, US special presidential envoy for special missions, took to X and said that he had met Sulaiman and Kasim in California, urging them to \u201cstay strong\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ahead of PTI protest California Incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan\u2019s sons, Sulaiman Khan and Kasim Khan, met United States President Donald Trump\u2019s aide Richard Grenell on Wednesday ahead of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf\u2019s (PTI) protest for the party founder\u2019s release from prison. 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