Jailed former premier Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has distanced itself from a party leader's invitation to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to join its protest, asserting that no foreign country has a role in its political struggle.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said the remarks by Muhammad Ali Saif, an advisor on information to the chief minister of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province ruled by the party, were taken out of context.

Imran Khan's PTI has distanced itself from a party leader's invitation to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to join its protest

'Peaceful protest is our constitutional right. No foreign dignitary, including from India, has been given an invitation to PTI to attend the protest,' Barrister Gohar Khan said amid rumours of Jaishankar joining the protest during his upcoming visit to Pakistan.

The law and order situation in the Pakistani capital remained tense for the second consecutive day as jailed former prime minister Imran Khan