Pakistan, Oct. 17 -- Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday said that giving an 'NRO' to his opponents is an 'easy path' for him to take but it is the 'path to destruction', a private TV channel reported.

"We have to make difficult decisions and difficult decisions take us forward," PM Imran Khan said while addressing a ceremony at NUST, Islamabad. He said the country is 'going in the right direction', and that giving an NRO at this moment would be the easy way out from the difficulties he faces as prime minister. "Many times in life, we have the choice of walking two different paths. We are encouraged to take the easy way out," he said. "You wake up in the morning and you have all the dacoits gathered up against you, and [you want to] go for ...