LONDON: Nawaz Sharif said on Sunday that the hope of fair, fair andtransparent elections was diminishing, adding that the people were aware ofthe recent developments.
During his media talk, he said: “I am showing a lot of tolerance and hopingthat no rigging takes place. At all costs, the nation will not allow pollsto be rigged.”
On his party’s deteriorating ties with the establishment, he asserted thathe “has a lot of respect for the army”. “I am being targeted as revenge,”he argued.
Commenting on Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar’s joint visit toRawalpindi hospitals with AML chief Sheikh Rasheed, he accused the chiefjustice of attempted pre-poll rigging. When asked about Rana Siraj’s U-turnregarding his allegations on the ISI, Nawaz confirmed that he made theSaturday’s statement after talking to the PML-N leader who complained ofbeing pressurised to contest as independent candidate.
The PML-N supreme leader disclosed that he knows the name of the colonelwho threatened his party’s ticket holder. “I will reveal the colonel’s namewhen the time is right,” he added. In this regard, his daughter MaryamNawaz stated that everyone knows who made Siraj change his stance.
Meanwhile, PML-N’s PP-219 Multan candidate Siraj explained in a new videothat the entire event was a result of a misunderstanding. He refuted hisearlier remarks of accusing ISI of raiding his godown.