LAHORE – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif told party workers at his Model Town residence on Monday that the PML-N would launch another long march with the country’s revolutionary youth if circumstances required.
He said President Asif Ali Zardari had asked him to “support former president Pervez Musharraf’s unconstitutional measures.” Pakistan was losing wealth as a result of corruption and instead of relying on the country’s resources, the government was depending on foreign aid, he added. He said if the government had worked on reforming Pakistan’s economy, there would have been no need for the Kerry-Lugar Bill.
The PML-N would have supported the government if it had implemented its 10-point agenda, he added. He said he had visited Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in Islamabad and offered a formula for the rehabilitation of flood victims, but neither the PM nor the president had responded to it.
The former premier said he regretted that Musharraf, who had breached the Constitution and sold out Pakistanis to foreign forces and given the country the “gift” of power shortage, was given a “guard of honour by the government”.
He said that when the PML-N demanded that the dictator be held accountable, the PPP sought to give indemnity to all his acts but “we took the stand that we could give up politics but would never agree to give protection to unconstitutional acts of Musharraf.”
Another long march if need be: Nawaz
