Abbottabad raid ended our sovereignty: Nawaz

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Monday said the Abbottabad operation had destroyed the sovereignty of the country.
Addressing a gathering in Lahore to mark Youm-e-Takbeer, Nawaz said during his tenure, Pakistan had conducted nuclear explosions which acted as a deterrent against future explosions by the country’s enemies.
“India could have attacked Pakistan many times, but due to Pakistan being an atomic power, it could not gather courage to do so,” Nawaz said.
He said the day Pakistan became a nuclear power, the begging bowl was broken. “It was not easy to test a nuclear bomb and I waited for 17 days,” he said, adding that Pakistan’s security was strengthened due to the explosions.
Nawaz said President Asif Ali Zardari had a discussion with him to give indemnity to former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf when he decided to step down from the presidency.
He said Zardari had showed no interest in “becoming the president back then” and later took over the Presidency by deception. “I was shocked when he became the president and so were the people of Pakistan.” He said his party did not vote for Zardari as the president.
Nawaz also criticised Zardari for visiting Chicago to attend the NATO Summit. “Zardari should tell the nation what he was doing in Chicago,” he said, expressing concerns over the delay in the report of judicial commission on the Abbottabad raid.
The PML-N chief also questioned wasn’t there anybody in the government who could bring peace in Karachi and Balochistan.
In an obvious reference to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan, Nawaz said those who were claiming to resolve all the problems within 90 days were lying.
He said some misguided people had been part of the government and establishment.
Following his address, party workers tried to meet Nawaz but were stopped by the security guards. This led to party workers protesting with one even lying down in front of the PML-N president’s car.