Pakistan says Imran Khan rejected ‘severe offers’ twice for launch from jail

Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan twice turned down “severe” offers for launch, a high aide to PM Shehbaz Sharif mentioned, as tensions simmer over his well being disaster.Adviser to the prime minister on political affairs Rana Sanaullah disclosed throughout a chat present on Wednesday that “two severe makes an attempt have been made to chop a take care of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan previously, however they failed.”“The primary try was led by Federal Inside Minister Mohsin Naqvi and then-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Ali Amin Gandapur earlier than November 26, 2024, and the second was made by a number of folks from overseas within the latest previous. Imran Khan initially agreed however later backed out of the deal,” Sanaullah mentioned, as quoted by information company PTI.“We wish a political answer to this drawback, however Khan just isn’t prepared to discover a approach out,” he added.Sanaullah, an in depth aide to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) head Nawaz Sharif, additional mentioned Khan needs the incumbent authorities to be packed and he involves energy.The claims have been instantly met with a fierce rebuttal. Federal Minister Attaullah Tarar in a submit on X on Thursday known as any declare of leniency “totally false.”“There may be neither any deal nor any leniency being provided to Imran Khan. Any impression of the federal government granting rest to Imran Khan is totally false. Imran Khan is a convicted felony,” mentioned Tarar.Imran Khan has been provided eye remedy at Shifa Hospital in Islamabad as his household and celebration raised issues about his well being in jail.Khan’s lawyer, Salman Safdar, advised the Supreme Court docket final week that the 73-year-old former premier had misplaced 85 per cent of imaginative and prescient in his proper eye in jail.Later, Khan’s sister Noreen Khan mentioned, “Imran Khan is enduring unimaginable mistreatment in jail underneath the directives of Discipline Marshal Gen Asim Munir because the nation is underneath illegitimate and un-Islamic rule.”The cricketer-turned-politician has been in jail since August 2023 in a number of instances.