BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said their party’s now only goal is to free its ailing chairperson Khaleda Zia from imprisonment.

The government’s positive signal to extend the suspension of Khaleda Zia’s sentences for another six months has surely brought some sort of relief for her party rank and file, but political analysts think such conditional release is unlikely to help BNP gain any political mileage since she will virtually  remain under ‘house arrest’.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be released from jail for six months suspending her sentences upon two conditions, said Law Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday.