islamabad pakistan prime minister imran khan has accused threetime former premier nawaz sharif of committing the highest treason by targeting the state security institutionssharif the 70yearold supreme leader of the pakistan muslim leaguenawaz pmln who was ousted from power in 2017 by the apex court on graft charges last month for the first time directly named army chief gen qamar javed bajwa and isi head lt gen faiz hameed for interfering in the general elections of 2018 to ensure victory of khansharif made the comments virtually from london on october 16 during a joint rally organised by the opposition parties under the banner of pakistan democratic movement pdm formed to oust the khanled pakistan tehreekeinsaaf pti governmentnawaz has committed the highest treason by targeting military leadership which is tantamount to incite mutiny in the armed forces prime minister khan told gnn a local news channel in an interview on thursdayhe also claimed that sharif had got the support of the army at the start of his political careerhow all of a sudden nawaz who was brought into politics by military dictator general ziaul haq became a champion of democracy khan questionedthe powerful army which has ruled pakistan for more than half of its 70 plus years of existence has hitherto wielded considerable power in the matters of security and foreign policyhowever the army has denied meddling in the countrys politics khan also denies that the army helped him win the election in 2018sharif currently out on bail is facing multiple corruption charges the islamabad high court had allowed him to go to london for medical treatment in november last year for a period of eight weeks for medical treatment but he did not come back while his lawyers told the court that he was still recoveringreferring to pdm khan said the 11party alliance was set up to put pressure on his government to get relief in corruption cases against opposition leadersall pocket pickers are threatening to topple my government only to get some concessions for corruption cases but come what may i will not compromise on corruption cases even if my government is toppled he said