Imran Khan, the former Pakistan Prime Ministerwho is lodged in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail since 2023, was offered two deals by the incumbent government in Islamabad that could have set him free, but the cricketer-turned-politician declined to accept them. Pakistan Prime Minister’s adviser, Rana Sanaullah, disclosed this during a talk show that the government had made serious attempts to strike a deal with Imran Khan in the past, but it didn’t come through.
According to the news agency PTI, Rana Sanaullah said, "Two serious attempts were made to cut a deal withPakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khanin the past, but they failed."
Revealing further on what conspired between Imran Khan and the government, Sanaullah said, "The first attempt was led by Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and then-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Ali Amin Gandapur, before November 26, 2024, and the second was made by a few people from abroad in the recent past. Imran Khan initially agreed but later backed out of the deal."
"We want a political solution to this problem, but Khan is not willing to find a way out," he added.
Sanaullah, a close aide to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) head Nawaz Sharif, further said Khan wants the incumbent government to be packed and he comes to power.
Defending three-time premier Nawaz Sharif cutting a deal with the military establishment, Sanaullah said: “Nawaz Sharif is a seasoned politician. He found a way forward for himself and his party”.
Reacting to Sanaullah's disclosure, Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Thursday clarified in a post on his X account, saying, "There is neither any deal nor any leniency being offered to Imran Khan. Any impression of the government granting relaxation to Imran Khan is entirely false. Imran Khan is a convicted criminal."
Meanwhile, Khan's family and party have demanded eye treatment for him at Shifa Hospital in Islamabad, in the presence of his personal physicians.
Khan's lawyer, Salman Safdar, told the Supreme Court last week that the 73-year-old former premier had lost 85 per cent of vision in his right eye in jail.
Later, Khan's sister Noreen Khan said, "Imran Khan is enduring unimaginable mistreatment in prison under the directives of Field Marshal Gen Asim Munir as the country is under illegitimate and un-Islamic rule."
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