Can't give a 'guarantee' about anyone's life: PM.

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said he cannot give a guarantee about anyone's life as life and death are in Allah Almighty's hands while the humans can only try.

"I have read a news that the court has asked the federal and provincial governments whether they can guarantee Nawaz Sharif's life. I cannot even guarantee my life by tomorrow, so how can I give a guarantee for someone else's life?" the prime minister said referring to the Islamabad High Court proceedings last week in which the bench had asked government representatives to 'take responsibility' for incarcerated former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's life.

Addressing the ground-breaking ceremony of Baba Guru Nanak University in Nanka Sahib, the prime minister said federal and provincial governments are providing Nawaz Sharif the best possible medical care, including advice of consultants from Karachi and Shaukat Khanum Hospital. "We can try our best, the rest is with Allah Almighty," he said, in response to criticism by certain political quarters on Nawaz Sharif's deteriorating health.

The prime minister said Azadi March has no genuine objective but is being held to cover the wrongdoings of top corrupt whose tenures in government were all about 'looting and signing charter of democracy'. "Mark my words, whatever united effort they make through the march, I will not give them NRO (deal) till my last breath," he said. "It is like my prediction which came true when I had stated on assumption of my office that all corrupt people in the country will ultimately get united at a single platform against me," he said. "The march is taking place not because the government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is failing, but in fact it is succeeding," he said, commenting on the call of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl for a countrywide protest demanding resignation of the government. "Such are the weak grounds for demand of resignation as the government on the other hand is making strides on economic front, even endorsed by Asian Development Bank and International Monetary Fund," he added.

The prime minister mentioned that as per the recent World Bank report, Pakistan attained top position in sub-continent and sixth in the world in ease of doing business. Comparing statistics with the first year of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan People's Party tenures, he...