KARACHI: PTI founder Imran Khan`s sons seemed to pin their hopes to Donald Trump, saying on Friday that the US president was a figure who could `make a difference` to their incarcerated father`s situation, Dawn.com reported.

Sulaiman and Kasim Khan called attention to their father`s incarceration for the first time publicly in May. According to their aunt, Aleema Khan, the two have applied for visas to visit Pakistan.

In a post on X, she said: `The ambassador has intimated that he is awaiting approval from the Ministry of Interior in Islamabad.

In an interview with Piers Morgan, aired on Friday night, when Kasim was asked whether he had any message for Trump, he said: `If anyone can make a difference, he (Trump) can.`We know that Trump has a great relationship with ourfather and vice versa. They had great conversations when they were both in office and they seem to have mutual respect for one another.

`If Trump was able to make a statement or in any way speak to the establishment over there [in Pakistan] to get our father released, I know he`s one of the few people who can, so of course we would love to kind of have a conversation with him or hope for some help from him or support.

`When we floated the idea of going, we were told by people in the Pakistani government that we would be arrested and from other people, we heard, you know, we had warnings from family members, inside sources, all sorts of people saying similar [things].

`So we`ve still tried to get our visas. We are still looking to go at some point. We`ve applied for our visas but we haven`t had our responses yet. We`ll see what happens,` he said.