Jemima Goldsmith, sons announce support for PTI election candidates

LONDON: The jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith and her sons Kasim Khan and Suleman Khan have announced support for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) candidates – just a day ahead of general elections.

Imran Khan’s son Kasim tweeted: “Tomorrow’s a huge day for Pakistan. Your vote is important. As soon as you’re able to, please post a photo or video saying “I voted PTI” with a hashtag #votePTI to show your support! Pakistan Zindabad! “

Kasim Khan’s tweet from his unverified account came to attention only after Jemima Goldsmith retweeted it to her millions of followers.

Kasim Khan’s tweets – in Urdu and English – carried a picture of him posing with his elder brother Suleman Khan with both brothers holding PTI’s flag, asking for votes for PTI on 8 February.

The same picture - Kasim and Suleman holding up the PTI flag – was tweeted by Jemima Goldsmith with the caption: “Pakelection 8th February”. Ten minutes later the tweet disappeared from Jemima’s timeline which means she deleted her tweet.

However, her repost of Kasim Khan’s tweet remains available on her timeline and has been shared by thousands of users. By the time Jemima deleted her tweet, it was shared by over 7000 users.

Jemima and Kasim only tweeted pictures of PTI flags and not the symbol of iconic BAT as PTI has lost its case to use BAT as a symbol.