The Asian Age

Nawaz Sharif, Zardari vow to send Imran govt packing in Pak

- SHAFQAT ALI

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former President Asif Ali Zardari Sunday vowed to send the Pakistan Tehrik- e- Insaf ( PTI)- led government packing.

Speaking at an opposition’s All Parties Conference ( APC) Nawaz Sharif, who is in London and has been declared absconder by the Pakistani courts, said the primary reason for the current problems were those people who ‘ hijacked the people’s mandate by putting inexperien­ced people in power’ in 2018.

He said Pakistan had become a laboratory of “such experiment­s” and every child knows that no prime minister has been allowed to complete five years in power.

“It’s not even taken into account that the democratic structure of the country is demolished due to such tactics and the public loses faith in the system,” he said marking his political comeback after more than a year.

The Pakistan Muslim League ( Nawaz) supremo said that democracy was in danger and he agrees with Jamiat Ulema- e- Islam ( Fazal) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman that “we need to make this conference purposeful or people will be disappoint­ed. If we don’t do it ( take a step) today, when will we?”

He also repeated opposition’s allegation that the

National Accountabi­lity Bureau ( NAB), with the connivance of PTI, was carrying out only “selective accountabi­lity”.

Former President Asif Ali Zardari, in his address said that they will send the government packing to restore democracy and save the country. Foundation of a country is laid on democracy, after which prosperity follows, he added. Zardari thanked Nawaz for accepting PPP’s invitation and said that Benazir Bhutto signed charter of democracy with Nawaz and both parties cooperated to remove Musharraf from office.

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