DM Monitoring
LONDON: Former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Thursday has said he will soon return to Pakistan.
Consultation with the lawyers underway will soon return to Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif said while talking to the party’s former senator, Zafar Iqbal in London.
The former prime minister said the democratic system should continue in Pakistan and it should not be derailed. During the meeting, matters related to the party and of mutual interests came under discussion.
Former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and PML-N President is currently in London to discuss the matters related to his elder brother’s return to Pakistan and the current political scenario in the country.
Shehbaz is having consultation with Nawaz Sharif on his return to Pakistan and various party matters, sources said. Participation of PML-N legal team is also expected in the meeting.
Earlier, PML-N leader and former interior minister Rana Sanaullah said that the party was provided a guarantee, it sought for the return of Nawaz Sharif.
Moreover, Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday asserted that Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial was trying to save Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan. Talking to journalists in London, the PML-N supremo claimed a former chief justice and his associates within the Supreme Court played an active role in his arrest, disqualification, and dismantling of his government.
Nawaz Sharif claimed that that CJP Bandial was trying to save PTI chief Imran Khan, who is “implicated in embezzling billions of rupees”.
“The chief justice is well aware that this person [Imran Khan] has wreaked havoc on Pakistan’s economy, ethics, and culture. He has propagated violence and repeatedly violated the Constitution,” the former premier said.
The PML-N supremo further said that former chief justice Saqib Nisar had previously claimed that his aim was to disqualify Nawaz Sharif and throw him behind bars, adding that Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui and others have testified to these allegations.
“Saqib Nisar had also said in the past that we must imprison Maryam Nawaz and me and bring Imran Khan into power,” he claimed.
Recalling past statements of Imran Khan, Nawaz Sharif said that when the PTI chief became prime minister he said during a visit to the US that he would remove the ceiling fan from Nawaz Sharif’s prison cell.
He added that when Imran Khan was in opposition he used to say that he would tie a rope around Nawaz Sharif’s neck and pull him out of the Prime Minister House.
Earlier in the day, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial remarked that prima facie there were “mistakes” present in a trial court’s verdict convicting former prime minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case.
