President, PM have disappointed nation: Nawaz
Govt's fate does not seem to be good, says PML-N chief Nawaz.
WAZIRABAD:
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that both the president and the prime minister have disappointed the nation.
Sharif said that politics must be based on principles. “Of what service has the incumbent government been to Pakistan?” he questioned, adding that the government’s fate does not seem to be good. “We want the government to save people from despair and we want it to mend its ways,” he said.
The PML-N chief further said that the rulers should control corruption scandals, abide by the orders of the Supreme Court and understand the sentiments of the public. He urged the government to take up steps to battle poverty, corruption and unemployment. “The government is selecting the worst persons and is inducting them in the institutions,” he stated, adding that millions of rupees were being squandered away in the Pakistan Steel Mills, PIA, and OGDCL daily. “An amount of Rs300 to Rs400 billion is being wasted which should be secured because if it is it is secured then we don’t need aid from any other country.”
Talking about former president Pervez Musharraf, Sharif said that Musharraf abrogated the constitution and ordered the killings of Akbar Bugti and those involved in the Lal mosque mosque incident. “But the present government bid him farewell with a guard of honour,” he added.
Sharif also said that if he had been given the opportunity to complete his tenure as prime minister, he would have revolutionised the country.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 5th, 2010.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that both the president and the prime minister have disappointed the nation.
Sharif said that politics must be based on principles. “Of what service has the incumbent government been to Pakistan?” he questioned, adding that the government’s fate does not seem to be good. “We want the government to save people from despair and we want it to mend its ways,” he said.
The PML-N chief further said that the rulers should control corruption scandals, abide by the orders of the Supreme Court and understand the sentiments of the public. He urged the government to take up steps to battle poverty, corruption and unemployment. “The government is selecting the worst persons and is inducting them in the institutions,” he stated, adding that millions of rupees were being squandered away in the Pakistan Steel Mills, PIA, and OGDCL daily. “An amount of Rs300 to Rs400 billion is being wasted which should be secured because if it is it is secured then we don’t need aid from any other country.”
Talking about former president Pervez Musharraf, Sharif said that Musharraf abrogated the constitution and ordered the killings of Akbar Bugti and those involved in the Lal mosque mosque incident. “But the present government bid him farewell with a guard of honour,” he added.
Sharif also said that if he had been given the opportunity to complete his tenure as prime minister, he would have revolutionised the country.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 5th, 2010.