Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has said the sons of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan were welcome to visit the country using their National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP), in response to an appeal by Khan’s former wife, Jemima Goldsmith, to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, 24NewsHD TV reported on Wednesday.
Tarar made the remarks on social media platform X, replying to a post by Jemima in which she had appealed to PM Shehbaz over delays in issuing visas for Imran's sons, Kasim and Sulaiman.
Tarar said that, as in previous years, Khan would be allowed to speak to his children by telephone on Eid.
The minister said Khan’s sons could travel to Pakistan on their National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) and therefore did not require Pakistani visas to enter the country.
“Imran Khan’s children can come to Pakistan on NICOP and do not need Pakistani visas,” Tarar said, adding that they would be required to fully comply with Pakistani laws during their stay in the country.
His remarks came after Jemima Goldsmith, Khan’s former wife and the mother of his two sons, posted on social media about what she described as delays related to visa applications for the boys’ travel to Pakistan.