Imran Khan has forgotten all the favours we did to him: Nawaz Sharif

E-Paper | May 02, 2026

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has "forgotten all the favours" done to him by the Sharif family back in the day.

Addressing a rally of his supporters in Sadiqabad, Sharif, who was last year deemed unfit to hold public office in the landmark Panama Papers judgement, reminded the PTI chief how he had helped him with his cancer hospital in the 1990s.

"[Khan] forgot everything I did for him while he was playing cricket," Sharif said. "[He forgot] how much we contributed in building Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital."

"I did all that because I felt it was my duty as the prime minister of the time," he added.

A day earlier, Sharif had claimed that the ruling PML-N will be competing against “hidden forces” in the upcoming general elections and not against Khan's PTI or former president Asif Ali Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party.

He doubled down on that stance today, telling his supporters that his real foes are "celestial beings that cannot be seen".

"Imran Khan is nothing, [Asif] Zardari is nothing," Sharif said. "They are not the people I'm standing against," he added.

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Shah

May 03, 2018 12:53am

Nawaz Sharif should shut up and leave us alone. People wants to move on from this horror story.

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Nosy

May 03, 2018 12:56am

NS has stooped too low. Now giving something to SKNM, that too out of public money, has to be counted as a personal favor to IK!!!!!!!

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Hasnain

May 03, 2018 12:58am

you should do some favor favor for Pakistan as well. Being the prime minister of Pakistan what favors have you done for local hospitals?

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Bilal khan

May 03, 2018 01:01am

So was it your "favor" as a person or your "duty" as the PM of that time??

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M. Mushtaq Ahmed

May 03, 2018 01:05am

And he did not accept one of your favor to be as corrupt. M

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naeem gulzar

May 03, 2018 01:11am

NZ has gone Crazy.

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Nawaz Altaf

May 03, 2018 01:16am

PMLN are a bunch of criminals. I hope PTI wins the general election.

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SHAHID LATIF

May 03, 2018 01:18am

It was not a personal favor to Imran. Helping organizations do good work for people of Pakistan is a duty.

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Miraaj

May 03, 2018 01:21am

IK even does not remember his own province which gave him majority. for instance anything happens in Punjab and IK is there within couple of minutes but if same thing happens in KPK he does not care at all. For instance you have witnessed him campaigning for Gold smith and opposed own Pakistani Sadiq Khan for Mayor elections. He will remember your favours? no way. IK does not even favour voters where IK said he will hire 100 best professionals and ended up hiring Aamir Liaqat, Raja Riaz, firdaus, Babar awan and many others. Do you think he will remember favour given to him by voters? no never.

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Salam

May 03, 2018 01:23am

NS is admitting he did one good thing in his life, help Imran Khan build the hospital ;)

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Moth

May 03, 2018 01:27am

So he knows how he used to win the election. Finally he has accepted it. So you were never elected by the main stream Pakistanis. So sad. Leave us alone.

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Iqbal A. malik

May 03, 2018 01:31am

Two questions, first did you pay out of your pocket? Second, why you didn't do the similar project? Shame on you NS.

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Javed

May 03, 2018 01:33am

Naive Nawaz Sharif does not know that politics is not a game of favors. What world does he live in.

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fairplay

May 03, 2018 01:39am

ironic. he still chose to send his wife to london for treatment. NS helped Imran to gain benefit for himself.

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Pakistani

May 03, 2018 01:43am

Since you bribed IK so he should not have exposed your corruptions? Is that what you are saying? I think this is your normal practice for buying people. I guess you bribed the wrong guys and IK proved that everyone is not for sale

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Alba

May 03, 2018 01:51am

That is what Nawaz Sharif politics is. You do me a favor. I do you a favor. I do you a favor. You owe me a favor. Usually favors are paid for in cash.

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AhmAd

May 03, 2018 01:52am

Well you SHOULD have helped with the noble cause of building cancer hospital in your capacity as PM! I am sure you did not use any of your personal money, did you?

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Mahmud Majeed

May 03, 2018 01:54am

Political gimmick at its best. You cannot fool the nation all the time.

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Mahmud

May 03, 2018 02:05am

"[He forgot] how much we contributed in building Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital." (Nawaz Sharif) Imran Khan, a cricketer, took the initiative to construct a Cancer Hospital for the public with free service for the poor and NS felt he was doing good work so he allotted GOVT land for the purpose. Where is the favor to IK he is claiming? Did he contribute from his own pocket? "I did all that (allotment of government land for Cancer Hospital) because I felt it was my duty as the prime minister of the time," he added ( Nawaz Sharif). In NS 35 years in the govt has he done anything like this or just robbed the country?

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k k tiwari

May 03, 2018 02:07am

Here u r so right NS but you also let loose Musharraf who over throw you undemocratically

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Naeem

May 03, 2018 02:10am

Good that NS helped in Saukat Khannam hospital IK was building this for the poor and not for himself NS didn’t build a single quality hospital where Kalsoom Nawaz could be treated She gets the best care in London while we get substandard care at government hospitals What a shame

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Junaid

May 03, 2018 02:11am

Is he serious? Building a cancer hospital is serving people. If NS helped then he should be proud of it instead of counting as a favor to IK. Secondly it was not NS private land that was alloted for the hospital. Stop doing politics over a cancer hospital. He should be ashamed especially when his own wife is dealing with the disease.

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adeel

May 03, 2018 02:20am

NS has lost the plot. It is a panic situation for him because the forces who used to protect him are no more protecting him. He should ask himself what has he done good to the people of Pakistan except giving fake development which will not withstand for long. He was given 3 opportunities and yet failed. If he has honour and dignity he should not do politics anymore.

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Shan

May 03, 2018 02:21am

Like Nawaz paid anything from his own pocket.

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Saint

May 03, 2018 02:30am

First of all, at that time, your corruption was disclosed and second, you did not contribute your own money, you used government funds. IK didn't use this money for himself. I like you Mr. Nawaz Sharif when you came to power first time. I contributed to your scheme of "Karz Autaroo"

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Sadaf

May 03, 2018 02:37am

He should tell the nation who these people are. We keep hearing from international leaders about these invisible forces. The time has come to uproot them forever

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Anand

May 03, 2018 03:07am

MPGA ! Make Pakistan Great Again ! Walk away from Corruption, go Secular

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MSA

May 03, 2018 03:07am

Nawaz is telling Imran that since I did favors to you in the past, therefore, you should not oppose me. That's funny. He is talking like a primary school kid. That's the standard of our leaders.

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May 03, 2018 03:12am

This is getting more hilarious by every passing day!

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Hasnain Haque

May 03, 2018 03:13am

This man has gone mad.

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Sid

May 03, 2018 03:17am

You shouldn’t have been contributing to his hospital - you should have been making it!... Had you done your job properly then, maybe Shaukat Khanum wouldn’t have been needed, and maybe IK would not have gone into politics then and become so popular and so maybe he wouldn’t be competing with you today..

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Ahmad

May 03, 2018 03:20am

So it was your duty as a prime minister.. IK should thank the office of premier not the “ Sharif Family” .: so how NS forgets that there is difference between Democracy and Kingdom...

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Larkanavi

May 03, 2018 03:23am

He qualifies to be awarded medal for lying and looting public wealth.

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Zak

May 03, 2018 03:23am

Stop harping on a lost cause. You have proven incapable of leading all institutions specially the armed forces. You still are thinking they are your police force. The moment you come up against a professional institution, you fail. In Pakistan the armed forces are considered heroes. You are attacking the very heroes the public loves. So you have mismanaged your campaign again which means you have lost. Go home.

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Murtaza Mandviwala

May 03, 2018 03:25am

So did you do favours by contributing to SKMH just so you coyld get back favours? Dosent this guys listen to himself and see how hes ridiculing himself by saying such a thing for a noble cause? ....does anybody in pmln not notice that while writing speech for him??

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Anti-Corruption

May 03, 2018 03:45am

He seems frustrated. Doesn't know how to handle the prevailing issues with him. He's going downhill and he can see writings on the wall.

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Asma Khan

May 03, 2018 03:54am

Imran Khan loyalty is to the people of Pakistan. Looks like Nawaz and his corrupt group are about to sink. Zardari is next

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Asma Khan

May 03, 2018 03:56am

Nawaz will now say he also built Minare-Pakistan

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Goga Nalaik

May 03, 2018 03:59am

I did all that because I felt it was my duty as the prime minister of the time," Nawaz Sharif added. So, if it was all done as part of his duty then what favours is this man talking about???

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Dr Mughal - UK

May 03, 2018 04:05am

NS please have some courage to name the “hidden forces” who will then expose all your conspiracies in destabilising Pakistan in last 5 years. You deserve to be disqualified for life...

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Lahori

May 03, 2018 04:06am

Mr. Sharif, as you said " I did my duty", than why you think you have done a favor to Imran. Now IK is doing his duty to expose your corruptions.

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ARIF

May 03, 2018 04:29am

You give favors and expect permission for corruption- that is your main problem.

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Concerned 1

May 03, 2018 04:42am

We Honour your work for Pakistan we shouldnt be ungrateful

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Osman

May 03, 2018 04:46am

If he says it was his duty as Prime Minister, then why is he complaining? Was he doing a personal favor to Imran Khan?

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Syed Ahmed, Canada

May 03, 2018 04:57am

You allotted land to Imran Khan for building Shaukat Kahanum cancer hospital. Did you pay the cost of the land out of your pocket? Shameless person has zeroed the reward that accrues from the performance of good deeds and piety.

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Aslam

May 03, 2018 04:59am

"His Cancer Hospital", funny! isn't it?

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Husain

May 03, 2018 05:05am

You didn't do any favor to him. It was your responsibility to provide healthcare to people not his. In fact he did favor to you by building a hospital.

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Vakar

May 03, 2018 05:09am

The Pakistani people also did you a favor by making you prime minister and you returned it with curruption and weakning the economy.

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May 03, 2018 05:22am

Please, tell the names of hidden forces.

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Dr Khalid Nabi

May 03, 2018 05:24am

I like to know what NS gave IK from his own pocket. I mean contribution of cash and kind that belonged to NS family and not what was owned by Pakistan.

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Ali

May 03, 2018 05:25am

But after that you changed Mr NS and greed overcame your goodness !!

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Riaz

May 03, 2018 05:33am

What favours? At one time NS says he did it as it was his duty as the PM. On other hand he is reminding of favours? Mr. NS - if you did it as a favour, then it is called "conflict of interest" and you should be charged of misusing your position at that time. If you did it as a duty, then don't remind people of what you did - duty is not something that you rub in the face.

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Khawaja

May 03, 2018 05:57am

So Nawaz Sharif helped Imran Kahn as prime minister of Pakistan using public money and not his own.

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Ilyas Khan

May 03, 2018 06:08am

He lost his mind

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Dr.M.S.Awan

May 03, 2018 06:16am

Sir,if you helped with cancer hospital that is a good thing that is your Sadaqa Jariah,you do not need to tell anybody about it.However,who are the hidden forces that you keep talking about.Are they the ones,who introduced to politics helped you to establish and continue to make an empire. Basic thing is that if I am clean,I can stand up to all the hidden and unhidden space people.

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Baasil Mirza

May 03, 2018 06:26am

Wait so helping build a charity hospital exonerates you from all of your looting?

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Nizamani

May 03, 2018 06:36am

"I did all that because I felt it was my duty as the prime minister of the time," If NS did this as prime minister and Shaukat Khanum is charitable hospital not IK s personal property then how NS can say favor one should be ashamed for using word favor

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Syed Ahmed

May 03, 2018 06:45am

"I did all that because I felt it was my duty as the prime minister of the time," he added. Well, if he did what he thought was his duty as PM, then where does " favour" come in?

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Bhai

May 03, 2018 06:53am

Only PM who worked tirelessly for Pakistan is being subjected to so much insult and scorn by the educated elite of Pakistan. Feel sorry for the masses who support him at the polls. #vote ko izzat do#

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LAHORI KID

May 03, 2018 07:10am

"[Khan] forgot everything I did for him while he was playing cricket," Sharif said. "[He forgot] how much we contributed in building Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital." It wasn't your money Nawaz Sharif, the money belonged to the people of Pakistan.

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Iqbal

May 03, 2018 07:17am

He is not selling national interest for personal interest: is that your complain

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Again Me

May 03, 2018 07:23am

Yes, you felt right that it was your duty to contribute to a charity while you were a pm but you had more important duties to serve the nation rather than serving your family. you did not perform well so why are you complaining now? it is simple

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Azhar Hussain

May 03, 2018 07:24am

In hunger for power, our Ex-Pm has lost his marbles.

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salman

May 03, 2018 07:40am

What??Are you serious??

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AXH

May 03, 2018 07:51am

Even if we believe it, that makes you eligible to conduct corruption of the highest order?

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jaredlee67

May 03, 2018 08:02am

Now he is begging IK for some relief. He is reminding IK that he helped IK in SKM Hospital. So,what it was his duty to help someone make a hospital that was very much needed. It was not a favor.

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Syed S Hanif

May 03, 2018 08:03am

You gave land for shaukat khanum hospital. The land belong to the govt of Punjab it wasn't your personal property.

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Concerned

May 03, 2018 08:06am

Doing favors? Why, is that what he thinks he was elected for?

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Naxalite

May 03, 2018 08:06am

When will courts send him to jail. We are waiting for that

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James

May 03, 2018 08:11am

He is in denial - when you do not know your time is up and people around you can not tell you your time is up - you can only look at hidden forces - just leave and tell your family to leave - think what good you can do to - you just can not stay on the evil path.

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May 03, 2018 08:16am

Oh i thought all the favors were for humanity and not for political scoring. Oh well he said it by himself

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MSA

May 03, 2018 08:27am

Nawaz, first of all tell us what favors you did for Imran. Secondly, are you asking for concessions from Imran now?

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ukz

May 03, 2018 08:27am

Had he knew that Imran going to be that much successful and will stand against him, he wouldn't give a single penny bcz charity is for show and political gains.

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WellWisher

May 03, 2018 08:28am

Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has "forgotten all the favours" done to him by the Sharif family back in the day. Surprising how much low can he drop! Was the land given by Punjab Govt for Shaukat Khanum Hospital owned by Sharif family? Nonsense - there could not be a better use of public land than to donate it for a noble cause of setting up a hospital for the public. NS announcement is tantamount to saying that their family owns Pakistan.

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BhaRAT

May 03, 2018 08:36am

So now you probably want him to go easy against you to return the favour because that’s what you and your party is known for

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rajab

May 03, 2018 08:44am

Respected NS: whatever you did and do, it is with Public Money, You never did anything from your own pocket.

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Shahbaz Ahmed Tarrar

May 03, 2018 10:03am

favor out of ur personal pocket or???

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Shiib

May 03, 2018 10:48am

This is the level of a leader of a Country...has he done any favour from his own pocket to SKNMH...as the saying goes that NS does not even offer a cup of tea from his own pocket. Mr.Ex. Disgraced PM what ever if at all you have done for SKNMH ...it is our tax payers money....So better that you shut up and start the count down........for you and your erogant daughter..This is bye bye for good now....

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iffi

May 03, 2018 10:57am

Plz stop talking & because you have lost your mind with fear to lose looted money ... after conviction inshaAllah

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Saif Zukfiqar

May 03, 2018 11:06am

Nawaz Shariff has lost his mind. This disgraced and disqualified should be banned from opening his mouth.

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shahzad naeem

May 03, 2018 12:23pm

This leader has no vision,agenda or manifesto.But instead only of personal gains. He gives charity or performs his rightful duty and then he would recount & recall to wretch individual favor. And by the way, who these space creatures is referring?

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BAXAR

May 03, 2018 12:46pm

@Syed Ahmed "Well, if he did what he thought was his duty as PM, then where does " favour" come in?" Because he was not there to perform a duty.

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khanm

May 03, 2018 12:57pm

Imran Khan has forgotten all the favors we did to him: Nawaz Sharif... if you gave in charity for any cause and expect a reward... you are one sorry person I could ever imagine...It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

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SHAHID SATTAR

May 03, 2018 03:45pm

Finally he has learned the tricks of the trade with you as the teacher. After all, you have also forgotten about the benevolences meted out to you by some? That is the way to go in politics.

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May 04, 2018 03:33pm

Sharifs always remember what they have given.. never consider what they have taken..pathetic thinking

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May 04, 2018 05:18pm

In one breath Quaid-for-Life of PML-N claims that he was doing his duty as a prime minister but then go on to contradict himself and asserts that he did favors to Imran Khan. Which is true? Using the royal "we," he goes on to state that he contributed money for building Shaukat Kanam Hospital. If it was tax-payer money, then the boast is a shameful lie.

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May 04, 2018 05:22pm

@Sadaf Nawaz Sharif cannot reveal the identity of Invisibles because they do not exist.

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Ghaznavi

May 04, 2018 06:10pm

"Imran Khan is nothing, [Asif] Zardari is nothing," Sharif said. "They are not the people I'm standing against," Does this man not realise he is disqualified and therefore cant stand. He deemed unfit to hold public office. If he has done favours in the past for IK, what does NS want now? does he want favours in return?

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Dr.M.M.Khan

May 04, 2018 06:52pm

How low can you sink.

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asif

May 04, 2018 09:04pm

Shameful person, best to keep quiet and go to London.

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imran

May 04, 2018 09:11pm

A Favour to help build a cancer hospital??????what - As PM he should have built the cancer hospital himself with all that wealth instead of leaving it to IK who a civilain at the time. NS is morally bankrupt.

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Waqar

May 05, 2018 01:34pm

Millions of Pakistanis contributed to hospital too, not because they had a PM title to their name.

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Aleem

May 05, 2018 05:22pm

NS showing his true colours. He thinks allocating government money to SKMC was a favour. Shame on him. For PMLN sake he should keep his mouth shut as he is causing a lot of damage to the party along with his dsighter

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