Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has said that when he saw the former premier Nawaz Sharif climbing the stairs of the plane he remembered the doctors’ reports, which said the patient ‘will be gone [forever]’ if not allowed to go abroad, Geo News reported.
According to the details, PM Imran while addressing a gathering in Mianwali after putting the foundation stone for a hospital said that in the reports it was written that “the patient had heart problems, kidney problems, high sugar and if the patient is not allowed to go abroad then he will be ‘gone’ [forever].”
PM said that he wondered if Sharif’s recovery owes to the luxurious plane he travelled in or to the London climate, adding that he seeks clarity on the issue and that the matter needs to be investigated.
The prime minister taunted former PM again by saying that maybe Nawaz had recovered by simply looking at the plane “since it was such a magnificent plane and a common man cannot travel in such an aircraft”.
The statements from PM Imran have come only a few days after he had put the burden of letting Nawaz travel abroad for treatment on Pakistan courts.
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Imran Khan had earlier said in an indirect reference to Nawaz’s travel to London that there are separate laws for the weak and powerful in the country, requesting the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Asif Saeed Khosa to deliver prompt justice.
PM also urged CJP Khosa and puisne judge of the Supreme Court Justice Gulzar Ahmed to come forward and restore public confidence in the judiciary.
CJP Khosa later responding to PM’s remarks reagarding the judiaciary said that Imran Khan himself agreed for ‘someone’ to travel abroad, so it should not be said that the judiciary was the sole authority in the matter.
CJP added, “Do not taunt us regarding the powerful, everyone is equal before the law”.
After CJP Khosa’s remarks Imran Khan clarified his stance and said that the government agreed to allow the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo for medical treatment on “humanitarian grounds”.
