What Imran Khan’s sons just said could change everything for PTI
Imran Khan's sons plan protests from abroad, raising questions of diplomacy and PTI's shaken momentum

Amber Shamsi
Pakistan Editor
Amber Rahim Shamsi is an award-winning multimedia journalist, political commentator, and free speech advocate with extensive experience in media development. She previously served as Director of the Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ) at IBA, where she spearheaded the launch of iVerify Pakistan, a UNDP-supported fact-checking platform. A former BBC World Service bilingual reporter, she has hosted three major current affairs shows on Pakistani news channels. She is also an IVLP and ICFJ Digital Fellow, a media trainer, and an advocate for press freedom and gender representation in journalism.
As Pakistan marks two years since Imran Khan’s arrest, his sons Qasim and Suleiman have stepped into the spotlight, publicly voicing concern, giving interviews, and even planning to lead protests for their father’s release.
But is this a turning point in PTI’s political struggle, or just symbolic resistance from abroad? Nukta Pakistan's Editor, Amber Shamsi, unpacks Aleema Khan’s latest statements, the sons’ rare public appearance, and Rana Sanaullah’s threat to arrest them, despite their British citizenship.
What would such a move mean diplomatically? And is the state risking international blowback? As sympathy rises and party morale wavers, can the sons reignite political momentum, or will the system silence them too?
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