JARANWALA: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Saturday claimed that therewas no US drone attack in Pakistan when he was prime minister.
Addressing a public meeting here, the deposed prime minister claimed thathe had told former US president Barrack Obama that drone attacks inPakistan were not acceptable.
“I told Obama that Pakistan is a sovereign state and drone attacks wouldnot be tolerated, and do you not remember that during my tenure thoseattacks had stopped,” he claimed. He said that now the drone attacks wereonce again started.
He once again questioned his disqualification by the supreme court andasked the participants of the rally, “is it a crime to not draw a salaryfrom your son?” Nawaz questioned the attendees of the rally. “I was oustedbecause of this crime.”
He announced that Jaranwala would be made district after de-limitation ofthe constituencies and said that he would ask Shahbaz Sharif to makeJaranwala as district.
He stressed that he ended the power outages in the country during histenure.
“I recall the time when we conducted the nuclear tests in 1999,” he said.“Pakistan was on the way to become the Asian tiger, its economy wasgrowing, but Musharraf ruined Pakistan’s bright prospects by imposingmartial law.”
“You elected me as the prime minister so how can someone else announce myouster,” he said, adding that whether his disqualification was for fiveyears or life, no one could affect his relationship with the public. “Thepublic’s decision will be the final decision Inshallah.”
“I speak about the movement of justice today, which will ensure that aperson will not have to deal with cases against their grandfather.”Meanwhile, Maryam Nawaz also asked the participants, “Do you accept aPakistan where the public’s vote has the lowest worth.”
“Are you willing to accept a Pakistan in which an elected prime ministerattends court summons, along with his daughter, but dictators such asMusharraf pay no heed to the court,” she said.
Jibing at political opponent Imran Khan, she asked the attendees if theywere willing to accept a Pakistan where the judiciary was biased toward a‘ladlaa’ (favourite).