Imran wants to put sick Nawaz behind bars: Shahbaz.

LAHORE -- PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif has said the life of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is a sacred trust of the people of Pakistan and no one will be allowed to meddle with it in any way.

'The Sharif family is taking extra care of his [Nawaz's] health in strict accordance with doctors' direction, along with the prayers of his mother. His treatment takes precedence over everything and everyone strongly believes that God Almighty will shower his blessings,' Shahbaz, who is in London, said in a strongly worded statement issued here on Wednesday.

He appealed to the people to pray for the recovery and well-being of the PML-N supreme leader.

The Punjab cabinet on Tuesday had refused to allow extension in Nawaz's stay abroad for his medical treatment as it found no 'legal, moral or medical grounds' to do so.

The opposition leader in the National Assembly said the 'fascist-minded' Imran Niazi wanted to drag Nawaz Sharif out of his treatment facility and put him in jail by violating his human and legal rights. 'Blinded by his prejudice and vengeance' so-called Prime Minister Niazi felt secure by imprisoning his opponents through persecution and political victimisation, he said.

'By [resorting...