‘Gilani should resign’: PML-N’s protest movement reaches Sindh
PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif questions what President Zardari had given to the people who elected him.
GARHI KHAIRO:
The protest movement initiated by Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) to pressurise Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to step down from his post reached Garhi Khairo city of Sindh on Tuesday.
Addressing the rally, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif questioned what President Asif Ali Zardari had given to the people who elected him. “These are the people who voted for you in grief of BB [former prime minister Benazir Bhutto], and this is what you give them?”
Sporting a Sindhi cap, Nawaz said that he loved this Sindhi tradition where people welcome him with a cap and an Ajrak. “I’m as Sindhi as I’m a Punjabi. And, I’m as Balochi as I’m a Sindhi. And, I’m as much Pathan as well.”
The protest movement began in Taxila on Saturday where Nawaz Sharif termed it as a “war to save the Supreme Court”. The movement was launched after the Supreme Court convicted Gilani in a contempt of court case. Several parties demanded the premier to step down calling him ‘ineligible’ to hold the post.
The PML-N had also protested during National Assembly sessions and boycotted the Senate’s debate on President Zardari’s address. The party has stated that it will continue with such protests till Gilani resigns.
The protest movement initiated by Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) to pressurise Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to step down from his post reached Garhi Khairo city of Sindh on Tuesday.
Addressing the rally, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif questioned what President Asif Ali Zardari had given to the people who elected him. “These are the people who voted for you in grief of BB [former prime minister Benazir Bhutto], and this is what you give them?”
Sporting a Sindhi cap, Nawaz said that he loved this Sindhi tradition where people welcome him with a cap and an Ajrak. “I’m as Sindhi as I’m a Punjabi. And, I’m as Balochi as I’m a Sindhi. And, I’m as much Pathan as well.”
The protest movement began in Taxila on Saturday where Nawaz Sharif termed it as a “war to save the Supreme Court”. The movement was launched after the Supreme Court convicted Gilani in a contempt of court case. Several parties demanded the premier to step down calling him ‘ineligible’ to hold the post.
The PML-N had also protested during National Assembly sessions and boycotted the Senate’s debate on President Zardari’s address. The party has stated that it will continue with such protests till Gilani resigns.