Former PM Nawaz Sharif in his address to the parliamentarians took a hit atthe military personnel “who have digressed” from the Constitution, sayingthat the army can only become the “world’s best” if it sticks to itsconstitutional role.
“I know an overwhelming majority [in the army] sticks to constitutionalboundaries, but there are few who have digressed. Those names are few, theycan literally be counted on fingertips [but] they have defamed the entirearmy and that is not acceptable to me,” the PML-N supremo said. “I respectmy soldiers and generals, but I cannot respect those who do not respect theConstitution, who rig elections.”
He also directed his party’s parliamentarians to take a stand, saying thatthey were not “rented members”.
“You (PML-N leaders) had won the election, but he was given victory. The*tabdeeli* person,” Nawaz said, referring to PM Imran and added that thosewho “rigged” the 2018 general elections, had “violated the Constitution andcommitted a crime”.
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“We are not sheep that can be herded and if this has been happening [in thepast], it will not happen anymore! We will make Pakistan a respectablecountry,” he vowed and added that any member who “was scared should sit athome. We don’t need cowards. You don’t deserve to be in the assemblies ifyou are scared”.
Nawaz also criticised the PTI government for “begging” other countries formoney even though they had promised not to do so.
