ISLAMABAD – Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-ChairmanAsif Ali Zardari has claimed that ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif hasgot political asylum in London.

In an interview, Zardari said he wants to see his son Bilawal BhuttoZardari as prime minister, however, he said Bilawal can learn whilesitting on opposition benches.Talking about Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) new president, he said“whether Shahbaz Sharif run fast or slow”, vote bank belongs to the formerprime minister and it will be then shifted to his daughter Maryam Nawaz.

Moreover, the PPP co-chairman said that he never spoke about a coalitionwith Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

Nawaz Sharif is currently in London to attend ailing wife, Begum KulsoomNawaz.

The accountability court had said it would announce its verdict in theAvenfield case on July 6.

However, Nawaz has said that the accountability court should delayannouncing the verdict in the Avenfield case till he returns to Pakistan.