{"id":575383,"date":"2026-11-02T10:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T05:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=575383"},"modified":"2026-11-02T10:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T05:31:07","slug":"achakzai-nasir-doing-nothing-to-secure-iks-release-saif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/achakzai-nasir-doing-nothing-to-secure-iks-release-saif\/","title":{"rendered":"Achakzai, Nasir doing nothing to secure IK\u2019s release: Saif"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> islamabad<br \/>\nPTI leader Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif has levelled a series of allegations against opposition leaders Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, questioning their efforts towards securing party founder Imran Khan\u2019s release.<br \/>\nSpeaking on Geo News programme \u201cJirga\u201d, Saif said Senate Opposition Leader Raja Nasir was in contact with key figures in the establishment, but maintained that those contacts were not aimed at securing Imran\u2019s release.<br \/>\nHe also took aim at National Assembly Opposition Leader Achakzai, saying the veteran politician was unwilling to sit with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for negotiations on Imran\u2019s behalf. Saif said Achakzai had obtained a seat he had lost with the help of PML-N President Nawaz Sharif, yet was not prepared to engage with PM Shehbaz for talks concerning the incarcerated PTI founder.<br \/>\nHe further said Achakzai had gone to Quetta at a crucial stage of the negotiation process.<br \/>\nAccording to Saif, Imran had made Achakzai opposition leader so that he could engage with the government, but he was doing nothing for the PTI founder.<br \/>\nSaif also said Achakzai had contacted Nawaz and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz to secure his son\u2019s release.<br \/>\nTurning again to Raja Nasir, the PTI leader said his thinking was \u201climited to the deputy commissioner, tehsildar and patwari\u201d, adding that former KP chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur had helped him become a senator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>islamabad PTI leader Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif has levelled a series of allegations against opposition leaders Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, questioning their efforts towards securing party founder Imran Khan\u2019s release. Speaking on Geo News programme \u201cJirga\u201d, Saif said Senate Opposition Leader Raja Nasir was in contact with key figures in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Achakzai, Nasir doing nothing to secure IK\u2019s release: Saif<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/achakzai-nasir-doing-nothing-to-secure-iks-release-saif\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Achakzai, Nasir doing nothing to secure IK\u2019s release: Saif\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"islamabad PTI leader Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif has levelled a series of allegations against opposition leaders Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, questioning their efforts towards securing party founder Imran Khan\u2019s release. 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