Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Friday said the nation was still suffering due to the steps taken on October 12, 1999 when former dictator Pervez Musharraf toppled his democratically elected government.
In a statement issued on Friday on the occasion of Black Day being observed by PML-N against the 1999 coup, Nawaz said the situation changed after Musharraf took over the administrative charge of the country and more unconstitutional steps during his eight years rule weakened Pakistan’s economy and stability.
He said the world kept imposing its will on the enervated Pakistan, adding that the path of unconstitutional adventures could have been stanched.
The PML-N chief questioned whether the violators of the constitution had been tried. “Actual change will come through vote,” he added.
Protest rallies and demonstrations were held across the country under the banner of PML-N against the October 12, 1999 coup.
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Pervez Musharraf overthrew Nawaz’s government in 1999 after then prime minister Nawaz Sharif tried removing the sitting army chief.
Nawaz had replaced Musharraf with then Inter-Services Intelligence Director General Lieutenant General Ziauddin Butt as chief of army staff when Musharraf was en-route to Karachi from Sri Lanka.
Nation still suffering due to Musharraf’s coup: Nawaz
