Pakistan Peoples Party leader Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has said the government is providing medical facilities to the PTI chief, stressing that the former prime minister, like every other prisoner, has a fundamental right to healthcare.

Talking to the media in Mandi Bahauddin, Ashraf said access to medical treatment was a basic right and should be available to the former prime minister in accordance with the law.

Commenting on the political situation, he said the country’s political system had faced serious uncertainty when one party dissolved the assemblies.

He said the PPP had joined hands with other political forces for the stability of Pakistan and that cooperation with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz was aimed at helping the country overcome its difficulties.

“The agenda of the PPP and the PML-N is to get Pakistan out of difficulties,” Ashraf said.

Responding to questions about a possible new political or administrative system and the creation of new provinces, the PPP leader said any such proposal would first have to come before parliament.

He said parliament was the appropriate forum for considering and deciding such matters.

Ashraf also referred to the Iran-US situation, saying it had triggered a wave of inflation across the world.

He said Pakistan’s image internationally had also changed and that a “new face of Pakistan” had emerged before the world.

Turning to the energy sector, the former prime minister said the fundamental electricity problem was the gap between demand and supply.

Ashraf expressed disagreement with the government’s solar policy and argued that greater solarisation offered the best solution to the country’s energy crisis.

He said solar energy should be made cheaper and brought within the reach of ordinary people so that more households could benefit from alternative power generation.