Shehbaz made the offer while presiding over a federal cabinet meeting in Islamabad after recent overtures by the opposition leaders
Khan, 73, who has been in jail since August 2023, faces multiple cases launched against him since his ouster from power in April 2022
Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were sentenced to 17 years in jail each by a court on Saturday in the Toshakhana 2 corruption case
Judge Shahrukh Arjumand of an anti-graft court handed Khan the maximum prison sentence for illegally undervaluing and then obtaining expensive gifts from the national treasury when he was premier
Pakistani authorities have reportedly imposed unannounced restrictions on meetings with Khan on the grounds that the visitors use such meetings for political ends
Special court judge Shahrukh Arjumand announced the judgment in the case in the high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi
The development comes amid rumours on social media about Khan's health as his family was constantly being denied from meeting him in prison for more than a month
Speculation intensified on social media after reports suggested the 73-year-old could be shifted to a high-security facility, a move that would further restrict interaction
Imran Khan's family says police assaulted his sisters and denied access to Adiala Jail as online rumours about the former PM's death spread, prompting PTI to demand a neutral investigation
The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 will be announced on October 10 in Oslo, with Donald Trump among 338 nominees. Experts, however, say his chances remain slim amid stronger contenders
Jailed former PM Imran Khan mocked Pakistan's cricket slump, saying only Army Chief Munir and PCB head Naqvi as openers, with judges as umpires, could secure a win against India
Grenell posted a photo with Imran Khan's elder son Sulaiman Isa and his second son Kasim Khan, writing that he loved hanging out with them
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) is set to hear the petitions requesting the suspension of sentences to Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the 190 million Pound Al-Qadir Trust case on June 11
Khan, 72, has been incarcerated in Adiala Jail of Rawalpindi, the garrison city, since mid-2023 in connection with multiple cases
Imran Khan's PTI said KP CM Ali Amin Gandapur has approached the Islamabad High Court seeking the release of the party founder amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan
Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto had acknowledged his country's tango with terror operatives
The ongoing treatment of Afghan refugees is nothing short of disgraceful. The ruling mafia, desperate to cling to power, will stop at nothing
Khan said the "peon government" was determined to keep him imprisoned as they were obsessed with clinging to power
In 2019, Imran Khan was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to promote peace in South Asia
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder-leader said the situation in Balochistan cannot improve unless the genuine public representatives are brought into the mainstream