The Establishment has not itself put three options before Prime Minister Imran Khan, 24NewsHD TV channel reported on Friday.

According to sources, the PM conveyed the message of helping the Establishment and he asked the establishment how to deal with a no-confidence motion

They added that the premier asked the establishment if he has options to deal with it.

On the message of the PM, the officials of the Establishment reached the PM House, the insider said, adding that the establishment placed options before him at his request.

The establishment told the Prime Minister that there could be only three options at the moment, they said adding that the premier was told that just one option was to face the no-confidence motion.

The establishment said the second option is to resign in a dignified manner and the PM that the third option could be early elections, the sources said adding that he agreed to early elections and the opposition had to agree on the option of early elections but the opposition did not accept the option of an early election.

PM claims to have been given three options by the establishment 

PM Imran Khan told a private TV channel that he would not resign from office despite losing the majority in the National Assembly. He claimed that the establishment gave him three options, including the no-confidence motion, resignation from his post, or fresh elections.

The PM said that the opposition would not be able to run the government with the people that have left him, adding that it would be better if early elections are held. He added that he would come up with "another surprise” on Sunday when the National Assembly meeting to vote on the no-trust motion.

“A captain never shares his strategy but I reiterate that this [no-confidence motion] is a major international conspiracy,” PM Imran Khan maintained.  Talking about the allegedly threatening memo, PM Imran Khan said that the “letter” sent by a foreign country had said that until he is in power, bilateral ties cannot move ahead.

Even though PM Imran did not share the name of the country in this conversation, he had an apparent "slip of the tongue" on Sunday during a televised address during which he had said it was the United States that had conspired against him.

 “Our envoy was told that Imran Khan is unacceptable and should be removed. [He] was told that bilateral relations will be looked at after the removal of Prime Minister Imran Khan,” said the premier.

PM Imran Khan said that the envoy was told that Russia’s visit was Imran Khan’s personal decision.

He also said there was a "threat to his life because of the threatening memo."

The premier said that the contents of the letter were also shared in the National Security Committee meeting. The premier told the journalists that he learned about the threat to his life and the “game” being played against him in August 2021.

“Planning was being done in London according to agencies' report,” said PM Imran, adding that he also has “all the reports” regarding which person visits which embassy.

“I have all the reports of politicians, journalists, and anchorpersons who frequent different embassies. I knew of the conspiracy as I have all the reports,” the prime minister said.

Taking a jibe at PML-N, the premier then said that the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz "openly opposed the army."

"The PML-N leader also started buying judges by offering them plots," he alleged. “Their aim is to come in power and abolish the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) so that they could get away with their wrongdoing,” claimed PM Imran.

He added that once the PML-N comes to power, it would end the former premier’s lifetime disqualification and restore Nawaz.

“If I wanted to save my government, I would have given an NRO to the Opposition on the first day,” said PM Imran.  “If Imran Khan wins the no-confidence motion, then there will be difficulties. If Imran Khan loses, then Pakistan will be forgiven,” said PM Imran

The premier also told journalists that he would "never go against Pakistan Army, adding that he does not want the military to become controversial at any point. 

“I will never speak against the army,” said PM Imran, adding that Pakistan needed a strong army for its survival.

The premier said that had there never been a “strong army, then the country would have been divided into three parts”.

“We are safe because of our army,” said PM Imran. PM Imran told the journalists that when the Opposition will come to power, they will try to defame his character.

“My wife does not leave the house, yet a campaign was initiated against her. There is a threat to my life and my character will be defamed,” PM Imran Khan foretold.

Talking about former chief minister of Punjab Usman Buzdar’s resignation, PM Imran said that he had decided to remove him following a “political understanding”.