PPP won’t support Nawaz at any cost: Saeed Ghani

LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party Senator Saeed Ghani reiterated the party’s stance towards former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and remarked that PPP will never support Nawaz.

“PPP will not support Nawaz Sharif at any cost,” he said while speaking to media at Mazang area of Lahore on Thursday.

“Nawaz thinks that he can run everything himself,” he said. “In such a difficult time, he must do everything himself now.”

He remarked: “We want democracy to prosper in Pakistan. We will stand against all anti-democratic forces.”

On the rigging of elections, he said that people in Karachi would ‘cast’ their votes in favour of one party but were affiliated with a different party. “If people are not allowed to vote freely than the city’s situation will deteriorate,” he added.

On the recent collaboration between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, he said that it is not unexpected.

He also criticised PTI Chairperson Imran Khan and alleged that he was representing the political wing of Taliban. “Imran is a representative of the Taliban”.

Nawaz doesn't understand meaning of ideology: Bilawal

Pakistan Peoples Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari slammed political opponent Nawaz Sharif and said that the former prime minister doesn’t even understand the meaning of ideology.

Nawaz does not understand meaning of ideology: Bilawal

Nawaz has been a part of all conspiracies against democracy in Pakistan, he remarked

Bilawal was taking a jibe at Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s claimed that Nawaz Sharif is not a person but an ideology. PPP chair pointed out that Nawaz is being opportunistic by changing his position and statements to favour himself.

“Mian Nawaz Sharif sahab doesn’t understand the meaning of ideology. You can't change your position for your own purposes,” he said while speaking to media on Thursday.

Earlier in the day, sources informed Geo News that Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairperson and former president Asif Ali Zardari has, yet again, refused to meet former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, foiling the latter’s attempts for a meeting for the fourth time within three months.

Zardari, rejecting once again the possibility of any contact with Nawaz, was quoted by sources as saying that the former prime minister “only remembers democratic promises where his interests are concerned”.

“Nawaz Sharif is responsible for the current political situation of the country. Meeting him or shaking his hand is [out of the question],” the PPP co-chairperson remarked.