ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz senior leader Chaudhry Nisar AliKhan has made it clear that he wants to continue his association with theparty only if it is not made a housemaid.
The former interior minister also said he would soon choose a party throughwhich he would contest the general elections.
He said, “Misunderstandings were being spread about the stay of ShehbazSharif in London. If he is given the mandate to truly work as the presidentof the party, there may be many improvements.”
However, Nisar feared that Shehbaz would not be given space and mandate towork.
He said that the decision about his ticket would not be made by any partyor a parliamentary board; instead, he would decide himself in the next weekthat from which party’s platform he would fight the election.
He said that he had no contacts with Nawaz Sharif like before but he “isstill associated with the PML”.
Nisar said that he founded the party 34 years back with Sharif and otherleaders and he belonged to the party.
He clarified that he was friends with Imran Khan since childhood but neverhad any political association.
“There has been no contact directly or indirectly with Imran for the lastthree and a half years,” he added.
About the nexus of PTI and PPP during the Senate elections, he said, “It isnot unusual for Imran and Zardari to join hands. Sharif had said manythings about Benazir in the past but he shook hands with her at one timeand signed the Charter of Democracy.”
Nisar said, “The handshake between Imran and Zardari is a good omen. Thereis no harm in sitting together if the ideas of the two match.”
He said, “Misunderstandings are being spread about Shehbaz’s stay inLondon, but he is in London because of his health issues and will returnhome today.”
He said that he thought that accountability could not be done under thecurrent situation in Pakistan. “No one is serious about it. Theuncertainties have not reduced by the PM-CJP meeting. They have ratherincreased. If the purpose of the meeting was to create soft corner in theinstitutions, then it is the very thing I have been pointing out for thewhole year that blaming the institutions should stop.”
He said, “Had this path been adopted earlier, the PM-CJP meeting would nothave been required.”