ISLAMABAD: Opposition alliance Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan (TTAP), as well as incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan\u2019s sisters, rejected on Tuesday an account detailed by Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi regarding the former prime minister\u2019s medical examination.<\/p>\n
The TTAP particularly accused Naqvi of attempting to \u201cdistort\u201d facts to \u201ccover up the deteriorating health and treatment meted out to\u201d the former prime minister.<\/p>\n
The allegations came in response to a press conference by Naqvi earlier in the day, who asserted that the government did not want to \u201cpoliticise\u201d the matter of PTI founder Imran Khan\u2019s health and blamed the opposition for doing the same.<\/p>\n
The opposition, PTI and Imran\u2019s family have voiced concerns over the former prime minister\u2019s health after his eye ailment came to light late in January.<\/p>\n
Addressing the media in Lahore, Naqvi referred to the recent medical report prepared by a team of doctors who examined the jailed ex-premier on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe medical report also came forward yesterday and everything is clear as per it. Neither we nor the government want to politicise this,\u201d he said, adding that there were certain \u201crequests\u201d which the authorities allowed but were not suitable to publicise at the moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cPutting up such a show is extremely inappropriate, especially misleading people,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n
\u201cStill, we picked our best government and private doctors because it had been three days and the checkup had not taken place,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n
Naqvi said he then invited PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan to reach Rawalpindi\u2019s Adiala jail on Sunday to witness Imran\u2019s checkup but the former refused, citing party consultations.<\/p>\n
Detailing the communication between the authorities and the opposition, Naqvi said Gohar was given the time of 2:30pm. \u201cWe kept on waiting for an hour but Gohar sahib replied in the negative, that he has consulted with his party and would not be able to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur intention was that the checkup be performed in front of everyone,\u201d he asserted, adding that the doctors were at the Adiala jail for about 1.25-1.5 hours for the examination.<\/p>\n
Naqvi stated that Gohar, along with the Senate and National Assembly opposition leaders \u2014 Allama Raja Nasir Abbas and Mehmood Khan Achakzai \u2014 and their preferred doctors, was then invited to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) in Islamabad.<\/p>\n
There, the doctors who examined Imran briefed the opposition leaders as well as spoke on the phone to the \u201ctwo doctors\u201d named by the PTI, with each conversation lasting for about 45 minutes. \u201cThey asked each and everything,\u201d Naqvi said about the PTI-recommended doctors.<\/p>\n
\u201cExcellent. This is the best treatment. Even if we had to provide treatment, we would have done the same,\u201d he quoted the doctors as saying.<\/p>\n
According to Naqvi, the opposition representatives also expressed satisfaction over the treatment and said they would inform their supporters about it.<\/p>\n
Asked about former KP chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur\u2019s claims that Naqvi made unmatched efforts for Imran\u2019s release, the minister said, \u201cOne thing, which is not new, is that I have believed from the first day that dialogue is the solution to everything.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not my personal opinion; the prime minister has also said what I say, and we are following those instructions. [\u2026] If you ask about my personal view, I always say talks are the [answer],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Responding to another question, he said there were \u201csensible people\u201d in every party and if they had been listened to, the \u201cPTI would not have been in the current situation, nor would have done the May 9 things\u201d.<\/p>\n
On whether any action was being taken against the former Adiala jail superintendent whom the PTI holds responsible for aggravating Imran\u2019s health issue, Naqvi stated: \u201cWe will check with the Punjab government what they are doing on it. But they are on it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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