ISLAMABAD – Former Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has at lastexpressed some regrets over his mistakes in the past against PPPgovernment.
He said that he should have not indulged in Memogate scandal because itdoes not take much time here to frame cases against anybody.
Talking to media outside the accountability court, he said that the casescan be framed against anybody but they believe in strength of vote andwould not let recur the practices of the past.
The ex-PM said that his proposal to sit with state institutions was for thesake of law, constitution and democracy, adding that he has renderedsacrifices for democracy. “We had been upholding law and constitution andshall remain committed in future as well,” he added.
Sharif underlined the need for annulling laws of dictatorial regimes in onego as he asserted there was space for a better accountability law.
He expressed that recent experiences made him believe to do away with alllaws enacted during dictatorial regimes. We can have better laws that thepresent National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law and there was an urgentneed to repeal such laws that are used to victimize people, he added.
Further criticizing the anti-graft watchdog, he said that the NAB was badlyused against people before 2002 polls as he feared recurrence of sameevents. “After experiencing all this I direly feel to repeal all such laws.
The former premier went on to say that he did not believe in umpire’sfinger but in thumb impressions of voters on the ballot paper. “Votes aregained with thumb impression on ballot papers and not through umpire’sfinger.”
Commenting on the caretaker setup, Sharif said that he had consulted withPrime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on appointment of caretaker government.