During the hearing of Nawaz Sharif’s petition on Memogate in Supreme Court, he said that he had no confidence in the parliament. Therefore, he has requested the Supreme Court to form a commission to investigate the Memogate scandal. I would ask Nawaz Sharif that if he has no confidence in the parliament then why his party MNAs have not resigned from the parliament? If he wants early election, he should ask his party members to resign from the National Assembly and Punjab Assembly.
He should not forget that his brother, the chief minister of Punjab, and he himself, are not willing to let go of the CM chair. There are a number of issues that directly concern the people, such as high influence and energy crisis. Why is Nawaz Sharif not presenting the solution to these problems? Is it not his responsibility to present alternative solutions to such problems on which the government has failed due to its faulty policies?
Imran Khan has posed a new challenge to Nawaz Sharif for his political survival. It is now 30 years since Nawaz Sharif has been in politics, out of which he was twice the prime minister. Had he been able to put the country on the right track? Every thoughtful Pakistani knows that the establishment is the most powerful and real decision-maker of our country’s destiny. Why has he not been able to understand this reality while he was patronised by General Zia-ul-Haq to become first the chief minister of Punjab and then prime minister of Pakistan?
I would like to ask what good governance Shahbaz Sharif, who was chanting “Go Zardari Go” at the Lahore rally on 28 October, has delivered to the people of Punjab?
In fact, he is ruling 65 percent of the country’s population. Has he made Punjab any more welfare province? Has he been able to reform the police force? Has he improved education and health standards in the Punjab? Has he been able to control inflation?
S T HUSSAIN
Lahore
