Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday offered to hold talks with political rival Imran Khan if he was facing “troubles” in jail.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party founder has been in jail since August last year.
The 71-year-old cricketer-turned-politician has been slapped with nearly 200 cases since his ouster from power in April 2022.
“If their [PTI] founder is facing troubles [in jail], then I reiterate: come, let’s sit down and talk,” Sharif said while addressing the National Assembly.
“Let us sit together to take the country ahead. Let us talk for the betterment of the country. There is no other way forward,” he said.
The Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and PTI have been at loggerheads for years, particularly after the February 8 elections, which Khan’s party claims it had won Read More….
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