Sharif says he remains Hashmi’s well-wisher
Says he had a relationship of respect with him.
LAHORE:
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that he will remain a well-wisher of his party’s estranged member Makhdoom Javed Hashmi. The former PML-N leader crossed over to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Saturday.
Speaking to the media after addressing a rally in Lahore, Sharif said that he had spent a “good time” with Hashmi and that he had a relationship of respect with him.
“Whatever decision he [Hashmi] has taken must have been thought over, however, it would’ve been nice if he had properly said goodbye to us [PML-N],” Sharif said.
On judiciary
Earlier, while addressing students at the University of Engineering and Technology in Lahore, Sharif said that being a prime minister twice did not make him happy, but participating in the long march in order to free the judiciary gave him “a great deal of happiness.”
Sharif said that a country’s success depends on an independent judiciary. “I wore a heart on my sleeve and participated in the long march and freed the judiciary.”
He said that Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was “pushed away” and he “brought him to forefront.” He added that he will not let anyone “disintegrate the parliament.”
Don’t forget the dictators
The PML-N leader said the people should not “forget the scenes when Pakistan was being destroyed by the dictators.”
“This is the gift that the dictator-led government had left for us,” Sharif said in a satirical tone. “Hunger, poverty, depravity is the gift of the dictators.”
Sharif compared his government with the present one, and said, “We had laid a foundation of making Pakistan a successful country back in 1999. Back then, we were working on a programme named Vision 2010.” Sharif said his government spoke eye-to-eye with the world and “never begged” in front of them.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 25th, 2011.
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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that he will remain a well-wisher of his party’s estranged member Makhdoom Javed Hashmi. The former PML-N leader crossed over to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Saturday.
Speaking to the media after addressing a rally in Lahore, Sharif said that he had spent a “good time” with Hashmi and that he had a relationship of respect with him.
“Whatever decision he [Hashmi] has taken must have been thought over, however, it would’ve been nice if he had properly said goodbye to us [PML-N],” Sharif said.
On judiciary
Earlier, while addressing students at the University of Engineering and Technology in Lahore, Sharif said that being a prime minister twice did not make him happy, but participating in the long march in order to free the judiciary gave him “a great deal of happiness.”
Sharif said that a country’s success depends on an independent judiciary. “I wore a heart on my sleeve and participated in the long march and freed the judiciary.”
He said that Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was “pushed away” and he “brought him to forefront.” He added that he will not let anyone “disintegrate the parliament.”
Don’t forget the dictators
The PML-N leader said the people should not “forget the scenes when Pakistan was being destroyed by the dictators.”
“This is the gift that the dictator-led government had left for us,” Sharif said in a satirical tone. “Hunger, poverty, depravity is the gift of the dictators.”
Sharif compared his government with the present one, and said, “We had laid a foundation of making Pakistan a successful country back in 1999. Back then, we were working on a programme named Vision 2010.” Sharif said his government spoke eye-to-eye with the world and “never begged” in front of them.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 25th, 2011.
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