- Foundation stone laying ceremony of Baba Guru Nanak University at Nankana Sahib
NANKANA SAHIB, October 28: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said he could not give a guarantee about anyone’s life, referring to the Islamabad High Court proceedings last week in which the bench had asked government representatives to “take responsibility” for incarcerated former premier Nawaz Sharif’s health.
Prime Minister Imran, while addressing the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Baba Guru Nanak University at Nankana Sahib, said: “Today I read a news that the court has asked the federal and provincial governments whether they can guarantee Nawaz Sharif’s life by tomorrow.
“I cannot even guarantee my life by tomorrow, so how can I give a guarantee for someone else’s life?”
On Saturday, the IHC granted Nawaz Sharif post-arrest interim bail until Tuesday (tomorrow) in the Al Azizia reference. Nawaz is currently under treatment at Lahore Services Hospital for his low platelet count.
During the proceedings, the federal government had refused to take responsibility for Nawaz’s physical well-being.
IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah had observed that if the provincial and federal governments had performed their duties, the matter would have not come before the court.
When the interior secretary had informed the IHC that the federal government would not take any responsibility of the former premier’s health, the court expressed displeasure and remarked “don’t play politics with [the] court” as the law defines certain responsibility of the state.
Prime Minister Imran on Monday said that life and death are in God’s hands and humans can only try.
“The federal government, especially the provincial government, has fully tried. We provided the best medical care to Nawaz Sharif,” he said, adding that a doctor had been brought from Karachi and he had also sent the chief executive of Shaukat Khanum Hospital to check on Nawaz’s health.
“We can only try. Humans cannot give a guarantee of life and death. We can try [and] we fully tried,” he reiterated.-Agencies
